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  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of combust
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Fiberglass insulation, in contrast, melts at slightly over 1,100 degrees, and cellulose combusts during house fires.
He created an engine that compresses the fuel to such an extent that it combusts on its own.
Therefore the engine combusts a little bit less and puts out slightly less thrust.
If oxygen gets to the metal during welding, it combusts instantly, so the job has to be done in a special argon-filled chamber.
It combusts with oxygen to create heat, as demonstrated by a British inventor in a 1974 film of the National Film Board of Canada.
The title comes from an image of a moth so in love with a flame that it keeps flinging itself into a candle until it combusts.

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