Combust (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Meaning 2
Undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Gasoline will combust with a single spark when mixed with enough air.
- Dried leaves can combust easily when exposed to high heat.
- Hydrogen gas is highly flammable and will combust upon ignition.
- Biodegradable waste materials can combust and produce methane gas.
- Coal particles can combust rapidly when exposed to oxygen.
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Meaning 3
Start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously".
Classification
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.
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Meaning 4
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".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- Her mother combusted when she found out about her daughter's secret party last weekend.
- He combusted when the customer service representative kept transferring him to different people.
- The teacher combusted when she caught the student cheating on the exam for the third time.
- My father combusted when he saw the scratch on his brand-new car.
- She combusted when she discovered her roommate had been wearing her expensive clothes without permission.
Synonyms
- Lose One's Temper
- Throw A Fit
- Hit The Ceiling
- Blow A Fuse
- Have Kittens
- Go Ballistic
- Flip One's Lid
- Hit The Roof
- Fly Off The Handle
- Flip One's Wig
- Have A Fit
- Blow Up
- Blow One's Stack
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Meaning 5
Cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels".
Classification
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.
Examples
- The spark plug in a car causes a mixture of air and fuel to combust and move the pistons.
- High temperatures can cause certain chemicals to combust in the air.
- The plant's furnace was designed to combust waste gases and turn them into heat.
- In a fire hazard, a cigarette can combust an entire pile of dead leaves.
- The company developed a method to combust agricultural waste and produce biofuels.