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2 | 28% | 11 | Ensuring efficient combustion in an internal combustion engine | |
3 | 28% | 11 | Pull in and compress air to enhance the combustion process in internal combustion engines | |
Or Combustion Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "FIRE" which means:
- noun
- • The event of something burning (often destructive)
- • The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
- • The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
- • A fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
- • Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (empedocles), associated with the humour bile
- • Feelings of great warmth and intensity
- • Fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
- • A severe trial
- • Intense adverse criticism verb
- • Start firing a weapon
- • Cause to go off
- • Bake in a kiln so as to harden
- • Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- • Go off or discharge
- • Drive out or away by or as if by fire
- • Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- • Destroy by fire
- • Provide with fuel
- • Generate an electrical impulse
- • Become ignited
- • Start or maintain a fire in adjective
- • Amazing; excellent.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The campers gathered around the fire to stay warm."
- • "The fire consumed the entire building within minutes."
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1 | A blaze or conflagration as a result of combustion; a mass of flaming coal, kindling or wood in a hearth; ardour or passion; or, a burning feeling produced by drinking strong liquor
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2 | A result of combustion
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26 Jan 1989 | New York Times / 26 Jan 1989 |
3 | Generates the high voltage needed for combustion in an internal combustion engine | |
4 | Main revolving rod in a combustion engine
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24 Oct 2020 | The Guardian Quick / 24 Oct 2020 |
5 | Part of internal combustion engine
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10 Dec 2001 | The Guardian Quick / 10 Dec 2001 |
6 | Residue of combustion
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24 Nov 1986 | New York Times / 24 Nov 1986 |
7 | This term refers to the ratio between the volume of the combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine and the volume when the piston is at the bottom of its stroke |