any process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to produce a significant rise in temperature...
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a reaction in which all substances in a compound are combined with oxygen. Depending on what the...
a play intended to amuse and entertain, e.g. Twelfth Night (Shakespeare).
a sequence of drawings in frames, usually with speech bubbles and often humorous.