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Combust   /kəmbˈəst/   Listen
Combust

verb
1.
Cause to burn or combust.  Synonym: burn.  "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
2.
Start to burn or burst into flames.  Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire.  "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
3.
Get very angry and fly into a rage.  Synonyms: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit.  "Spam makes me go ballistic"
4.
Cause to become violent or angry.
5.
Undergo combustion.  Synonym: burn.



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"Combust" Quotes from Famous Books



... waters albification, Unslaked lime, chalk, and *glair of an ey,* *egg-white Powders diverse, ashes, dung, piss, and clay, Seared pokettes, saltpetre, and vitriol; And divers fires made of wood and coal; Sal-tartar, alkali, salt preparate, And combust matters, and coagulate; Clay made with horse and manne's hair, and oil Of tartar, alum, glass, barm, wort, argoil,* *potter's clay Rosalgar,* and other matters imbibing; *flowers of antimony And eke of our matters encorporing,* ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer


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