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combtooth blenny |
comburant |
comburent |
combust
| combustibility
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| combustible material
| combustibleness
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combust
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb combust has 5 senses
- combust(v = verb.weather) burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" Derived forms adjective combustible1, noun combustion3, adjective combustive1
- combust(v = verb.weather) catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire - start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" is one way to change state, turn
- combust(v = verb.emotion) 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 - 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" is one way to rage
- combust(v = verb.emotion) Array - cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan" is one way to anger
- combust(v = verb.change) burn - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms adjective combustible1, adjective combustive1
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Something ----s
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derived forms adjective combustible1, noun combustion1, adjective combustive1
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Something ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
combust, a. [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin; cf. bustum funeral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.].
- Burnt; consumed. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"Planets that are oft combust." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
combust, v.tr. subject to combustion.
Etymology
obs. combust (adj.) f. L combustus past part. (as COMBUSTION)
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