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SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ignition of a substance (as oily rags) resulting from an internal oxidation process
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("spontaneous combustion" is a kind of...):
ignition (the process of initiating combustion or catching fire)
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