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"internal-combustion engine" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an engine which uses controlled explosions to create mechanical motion. For example, "The car is powered by an internal-combustion engine."
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internal-combustion engine
noun
Alternative form of internal combustion engine
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There's even hope for the internal-combustion engine.
We're big fans of the internal-combustion engine".
Foremost is the efficiency of the internal-combustion engine itself.
Will the battery one day outpace the internal-combustion engine?
In 1867 they designed their first internal-combustion engine.
Hautefeuille's internal-combustion engine was intended to operate a pump.
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That's why we have continued to engineer improvements to the internal combustion engine.
Gasoline actually burns inside an internal combustion engine; an internal combustion engine will not work without a combustible fuel.
Every internal combustion engine would stall.
Then comes the internal combustion engine.
The internal combustion engine is destroying us.
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