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English Dictionary: combust |
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2 results for combust |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- combust
- v
- cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We
combust coal and other fossil fuels"
Synonym(s): burn, combust
- start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
Synonym(s): erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
- get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
Synonym(s): flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic
- cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
- undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
Synonym(s): burn, combust
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Combust \Com*bust"\, a. [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to
burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin;
cf. bustum fineral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal,
Gr. pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.]
1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. (Astron.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by
his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight
degrees and a half from the sun. [Obs.]
Planets that are oft combust. --Milton.
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