1. A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
   - burning 
2. A state of violent disturbance and excitement
   "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable" 
3. The act of burning something
   - burning

Derived forms: combustions

See also: combust

Type of: change of integrity, garboil, oxidation, oxidisation [Brit], oxidization, tumult, tumultuousness, uproar

Encyclopedia: Combustion

• John Quincy Adams
• John R. Major
• John Reed
• John Robinson Jeffers
• John Rock
• John Roderigo Dos Passos
• John Roebling
• John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
• John Ross
• John Rowlands
• John Roy Major
• John Rupert Firth
• John Ruskin
• John Rutledge
• John Scopes
• John Scott Haldane
• John Simmons Barth
• John Singer Sargent
• John Singleton Copley
• John Smith
• John Speke
• John Steinbeck
• John Stuart Mill
• John the Baptist
• John the Divine