combust
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This triggers a process called thermal runaway, where rapidly rising temperatures cause the battery to spontaneously combust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Even five World Cups in, she cannot hold back the tears at the national anthem, and looks like she will combust with passion at each wicket she claims.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025
Arbor heats it to extreme temperatures and deprives it of enough oxygen to make the biomass fully combust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
"Modern landfill facilities already capture, upgrade and combust their gas emissions for electricity generation, however, our process creates a much more environmentally impactful and commercially valuable product," he said.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
She avoids my stare, probably because she knows I'm imagining they are lasers and whatever I look at will be forced to spontaneously combust.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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