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English Dictionary: combust by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
combust
v
  1. cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
    Synonym(s): burn, combust
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
  5. undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
    Synonym(s): burn, combust
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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