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Definition
the act of burning
or metaphorically:
a state of violent disturbance and excitement
or metaphorically:
a state of violent disturbance and excitement
- My dear sister does not happen to be a human being, but just an internal combustion engine, so one must not wonder at her success.1.8 Part 1 Chapter 8 — The John Galt Line (35% in)
- It's the greatest revolution in power motors since the internal-combustion enginegreater than that!1.9 Part 1 Chapter 9 — The Sacred and the Profane (93% in)
There are no more uses of "combustion" in Atlas Shrugged.
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