Combust and Light

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Combust verb - To be on fire especially brightly.

Usage example: anthracite, which is naturally hard, combusts more cleanly than bituminous coal

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Light and combust are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Light" instead a verb "Combust".

Light verb - Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat.

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Combust and light are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Combust" instead a verb "Light".

He's an isolated case, however; the second and third books use the fact that vampires and vampire tissue combust when exposed to UV light as a plot point.

Source: Daywalking Vampire
In the Lee Nez series full-blood vampires are immortal, spontaneously combust from ultraviolet light, and don't require human blood specifically and can eat regular food.

Source: Our Vampires Are Different / Literature
Throat Light: Red light shines out of Extremis subjects' mouths when they lose control and are about to combust.

Source: Film / Iron Man 3

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