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combust

[ kuhm-buhst ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to burn.


combust

/ °ìÉ™³¾Ëˆ²úÊŒ²õ³Ù /

adjective

  1. astrology (of a star or planet) invisible for a period between 24 and 30 days each year due to its proximity to the sun
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. chem to burn
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of combust1

1325–75; Middle English < Latin ³¦´Ç³¾²úÅ«²õ³Ù³Ü²õ (past participle of ³¦´Ç³¾²úÅ«°ù±ð°ù±ð to burn up, equivalent to com- com- + -Å«²õ- variant stem of Å«°ù±ð°ù±ð to burn + -tus past participle suffix; -b- by misanalysis of ambÅ«°ù±ð°ù±ð, another derivative, as am- + -bÅ«°ù±ð°ù±ð )
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Most of the rocket combusted in the intense heat created by the friction of hurtling through the atmosphere at 18,000 mph, he said.

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Although neither live in California, they are familiar with its topography, its devil winds and hillsides ready to combust, and their message was clear.

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“What happens when they skip over or miss a lithium-ion battery, from a cellphone battery, or part of a car battery — and it gets in there — and then combusts?â€

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“We know that it’s all combusted, and it’s all in the air — metals, plastics. I think it’s unbelievable that people are being told just to go ahead and go back in,†Robinson said.

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And yet they weren’t sure, as embers continued to fly, that their house wouldn’t be the next to combust.

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