Meaning of COMBUST
| Pronunciation: | | kum'bust
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | burn, catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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