Antonyms for combustion
kəmˈbʌs tʃəncom·bus·tion

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. combustionnoun

   The act or process of burning.

   Synonyms:
   cremation, incineration

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. combustion

   Combustion is the essential fact which is at the basis of that assemblage of visible phenomenon which we call fire; combustion being the continuous chemical combination of a substance with some element, as oxygen, evolving heat, and extending from slow processes, such as those by which the heat of the human body is maintained, to the processes producing the most intense light also, as in a blast-furnace, or on the surface of the sun. Fire is always attended with light, as well as heat; blaze, flame, etc., designate the mingled light and heat of a fire. Combustion is the scientific, fire the popular term. A conflagration is an extensive fire. Compare LIGHT.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, burning, conflagration, fire, flame

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. combustion, burningnoun

   a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, burning, burn, burning at the stake

2. combustionnoun

   a state of violent disturbance and excitement

   "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable"

   Synonyms:
   burning

3. burning, combustionnoun

   the act of burning something

   "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"

   Synonyms:
   electrocution, burning, burn, burning at the stake

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. explosion

   a violent release of energy

   the explosion was big

   Submitted by carpentez10 on April 1, 2019  

How to use combustion in a sentence?

1. Nada Kassem:

   In addition to inhaling toxicants and carcinogens found in the hookah tobacco smoke, hookah smokers, and non-smokers who socialize with them, also inhale large quantities of charcoal combustion-generated toxic and carcinogenic emissions.

2. Takeshi Yamada:

   This is a challenge we can sink our teeth into as engineers and I personally want to pursue not just performance but also a new allure for the internal combustion engine that the world has yet to see.

3. Dorothy Parker:

   I went to a convent in New York and was fired finally for my insistence that the Immaculate Conception was spontaneous combustion.

4. Kim Frum:

   The Postal Service is fully committed to the inclusion of electric vehicles as a significant part of our delivery fleet even though the investment will cost more than an internal combustion engine vehicle. The Postal Service said, as we have stated repeatedly, we must make fiscally prudent decisions in the needed introduction of a new vehicle fleet, we will continue to look for opportunities to increase the electrification of our delivery fleet in a responsible manner, consistent with our operating strategy, the deployment of appropriate infrastructure, and our financial condition, which we expect to continue to improve as we pursue our plan.

5. Craig Parker:

   Africa will most likely remain as the last bastion of internal combustion engines.

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