combustion

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/kəmˈbʌs.t͡ʃən/

noun 4

Collocations

ADJ.

bottomless, hideous, incomplete, internal, near, necessary, needed, spontaneous

VERB + COMBUSTION

achieve, airplanes, believe, building, fear, import

COMBUSTION + NOUN

beings, carbon, cars, engine, engines, human

PREP.

down, from, in, out

ADV.

instead, mainly, scientifically

Definitions

noun

The act or process of burning.

A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.

A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.

Violent agitation, tumult.

From this ground, with a kind of loose scorn, he continues the French Correspondence, and secretly contriveth a continuance of the Scotish Rebellion. He omits no Act of Contempt against the antient Nobility, that they might in the sence of their disgrace be, or at least dayly threaten some new Combustion.

There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university.

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Synonyms

noun — the act of burning something

burning

noun — a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give he

burning

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university.

Wiktionary

Him the Almighty Power / Hurld headlong flaming from th' Etherial Skie / With hideous Ruine and combustion down / To bottomless perdition, there to dwell / In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire, / Who d

Wiktionary

Oxygen is needed for combustion.

Tatoeba · #23891

Pollutants like this derive mainly from the combustion of fuel in car engines.

Tatoeba · #58620

Carbon monoxide is a poisonous substance formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon compounds.

Tatoeba · #328645

Usage Notes

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In some senses, combustion is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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