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combust
com·bust [ kəm búst ] (past and past participle com·bust·ed, present participle com·bust·ing, 3rd person present singular com·busts)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
burn: to react vigorously with oxygen to produce heat and light, seen as a flame, or make something do this
[15th century. Partly < obsolete combust "burned" < Latin combustus (see combustion); partly back-formation <combustion]
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