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Combust

verb

Cause to burn or combust. Synonym: burn. "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

Start to burn or burst into flames. Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire. "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

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"

Cause to become violent or angry.

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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