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