All 6 Uses
combustion
in
Earth's Holocaust
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- "O, some very dry combustibles," replied he, "and extremely suitable to the purpose,—no other, in fact, than yesterday's newspapers, last month's magazines, and last year's withered leaves.†
- By the continual addition of dry combustibles, it had now waxed so intense that neither brass nor iron could withstand it.†
- It amazed me much to observe how indefinite was the proportion between the physical mass of any given author and the property of brilliant and long-continued combustion.†
*combustion = the act of burning
- I felt particular interest in watching the combustion of American authors, and scrupulously noted by my watch the precise number of moments that changed most of them from shabbily printed books to indistinguishable ashes.†
- The combustion, however, was by no means brilliant.†
- Come hither to-morrow morning, or whenever the combustible portion of the pile shall be quite burned out, and you will find among the ashes everything really valuable that you have seen cast into the flames.†
combustible = able to burn easily
Definitions:
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(1)
(combustion) the act of burning
or metaphorically:
a state of violent disturbance and excitement - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)