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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
combust .
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Examples
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A heating device vaporizes marijuana rather than combusts it, preventing the creation of tar and carbon monoxide.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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• Lady Gaga wears a tinfoil dress to an NBA Playoff Game and spontaneously combusts during the pre- game laser show.
Will Durst: Predictions for 2011 Will Durst 2011
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A heating device vaporizes marijuana rather than combusts it, preventing the creation of tar and carbon monoxide.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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The force that provides the rythm to our life and when given breath, combusts, leads us to where we must go - together or alone.
Prelude to a Love Story Bradley Hook 2011
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Being so hot everything probably just spontaneously combusts when they are around ..... angdesj ... oops I mean anonymous
The fire alarm Tyler 2009
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A heating device vaporizes marijuana rather than combusts it, preventing the creation of tar and carbon monoxide.
Steve Bloom: Legalization or Bust: A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition Steve Bloom 2010
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'Top-banana' with terrible drink horrified as McCain spontaneously combusts!
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A former paper-mill owner, whose plant has sent a plume of cancer-causing dioxins through the neighborhood, spontaneously combusts one evening in his lakeside cottage . . .
The Spot by David Means – review James Lasdun 2010
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Anything that combusts, anything that burns – engines, cement plants, power plants, match sticks – creates PM pollution.
EPA Regional Chief on Barnett Shale Emissions | FrontBurner 2010
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In the worst-case scenario, it heats and heats until it spontaneously combusts and the barn burns down.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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