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Meanings of spontaneous human combustion in English

Russian
спонтанное самовозгорание человека
Portuguese
combustão humana espontânea
Spanish
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Catalan
combustió humana espontània

Term encompassing reported cases of the combustion of a human body without an apparent external source of ignition.

Related terms
спонтанное самовозгорание человека
Synonyms
Examples for "shc"
Examples for "shc"
1
GAA All-Ireland SHC Semi-finals: So far this has been a sensational semi-final.
The Irish Times
2
All-Ireland SHC Final Reaction from Kilkenny and Cork: Hunger has a thirst.
The Irish Times
3
SHC genes codify for a family of adaptor molecules comprising four genes.
Pubmed
4
Munster SHC Quarter-final: No better place to begin the Munster championship than Thurles.
The Irish Times
5
All-Ireland SHC Quarter-final: This type of hurling provides ample ammunition to the begrudgers.
The Irish Times
Usage of spontaneous human combustion in English
1
Masterman, seething and sputtering, seemed on the verge of spontaneous human combustion.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
2
A rash of spontaneous human combustion in Stevenage, or rabies in Ravensthorpe; could be anything.
The Rhesus Chart
3
The theories advanced by the advocates of spontaneous human combustion are very ingenious and deserve mention here.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
4
Every immortal human knew that an uncontrolled aura could completely consume the human body it wrapped around; the process was known as spontaneous human combustion.
The Sorceress
5
"Have you ever heard of spontaneous human combustion?"
The Magician
6
"' Spontaneous human combustion, or catacausis ebriosus,'" began Craig, "'is one of the baffling human scientific mysteries.
The Silent Bullet