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Definition of combust verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

combust

verb

NAmE//kəmˈbʌst//

[intransitive, transitive] combust (something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they combust

he / she / it combusts

past simple combusted

-ing form combusting

to start to burn; to start to burn something

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