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combustion

/kəmˈbʌs.t͡ʃən/ noun C2
  1. The act or process of burning. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat. (countable, uncountable)
  3. A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat. (countable, uncountable)
  4. Violent agitation, tumult. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)

Plural combustions

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Before him rose a grotesque mass of rocks, that resembled nothing so much as a vast fire petrified at the moment of its most fervent combustion.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 223 · C1

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