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Combust adj.

Burnt; consumed. (Obs.)

(Astron.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. (Obs.) "Planets that are oft combust."

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Etymology of 'Combust'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Combust" Quotes from Famous Books

... about your troubles. As far as I know this is the only carpet in the world valued at L1000; it is certainly the only one that ever went off by spontaneous combustion; and I had this particular carpet in charge, at the very moment when it was ready to combust spontaneously." ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, August 9, 1890. • Various

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