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   combustion

   /kəmˈbʌstʃ(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the process of burning something: "the combustion of fossil fuels"
   • ▪ rapid chemical combination of a substance with oxygen, involving the production of heat and light.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin combustio(n-), from Latin comburere ‘burn up’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. combustive adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

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