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- verb Present participle of
combust .
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Examples
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Though combusting cannabis creates tar and carbon monoxide, this still doesn't lead to cancer, And studies are now showing that marijuana may inhibit the growth of tumors.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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We use it in labs to trap the CO2 produced by combusting organic materials in orer to determine OC content.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Carbon Capture a Pipe Dream? 2010
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As it happens, the Undertaker nearly beat the champ, and Pykey and Studdo came as close to simultaneously spontaneously combusting as any commentators I have heard from outside Latin America.
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Though combusting cannabis creates tar and carbon monoxide, this still doesn't lead to cancer, And studies are now showing that marijuana may inhibit the growth of tumors.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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Whatever it is that impels a firefighter to rush into a combusting building is, as I see it, some strain of "gospel truth" at work, and is obviously an example of "holy action" in the extreme.
Michele Somerville: Christian Sacrifice And The Unholy Crusade To Defrock Roy Bourgeois Michele Somerville 2011
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Starbucks Hazelnut Liquid Nitrocino credited with preventing thousands from spontaneously combusting.
Ned Goldreyer: Life on Earth Ends -- Polar Bears Remain Unendangered Ned Goldreyer 2011
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While in some places like Saudi Arabia, where a high standard of living for its citizens keeps a similar situation from combusting, Tunisia's economy cannot keep this tinder-box from lighting as we are seeing.
David Nassar: Another Tragedy in Tunisia Signals Again the Need for Change David Nassar 2011
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While in some places like Saudi Arabia, where a high standard of living for its citizens keeps a similar situation from combusting, Tunisia's economy cannot keep this tinder-box from lighting as we are seeing.
David Nassar: Another Tragedy in Tunisia Signals Again the Need for Change David Nassar 2011
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Starbucks Hazelnut Liquid Nitrocino credited with preventing thousands from spontaneously combusting.
Ned Goldreyer: Life on Earth Ends -- Polar Bears Remain Unendangered Ned Goldreyer 2011
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Though combusting cannabis creates tar and carbon monoxide, this still doesn't lead to cancer, And studies are now showing that marijuana may inhibit the growth of tumors.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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