Combust (Verb)
Meaning 1
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.
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 2
Cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Meaning 3
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.
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Meaning 4
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 5
Undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..