About The Word Combust
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Combust
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What's The Definition Of Combust?
[v] undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
[v] cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan" [v] blow one's stack; fly off the handle, flip one's wig; lose one's temper; blow a fuse; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question" [v] start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [v] cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" Synonyms | Synonyms for Combust: burn | catch fire | conflagrate | erupt | ignite | take fire Related Terms | Find terms related to Combust: See Also | anger | blaze | blaze up | blow up | burn down | burn up | catch | change state | change state | char | coal | combust | flame | flame up | flare | go up | light | light up | rage | scorch | sear | set ablaze | set afire | set aflame | set on fire | singe | smolder | smoulder | throw a fit | turn | turn Combust In Webster's Dictionary \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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