Found 2 items, similar to Combust.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: combust combust v 1: cause to burn or combust; “The sun burned off the fog”; “We combust coal and other fossil fuels” [syn: burn] 2: start to burn or burst into flames; “Marsh gases ignited suddenly”; “The oily rags combusted spontaneously” [syn: erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, conflagrate] 3: 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” [syn: flip one's lid , blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling , have kittens, have a fit, blow one's stack , fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper , blow a fuse, go ballistic] 4: cause to become violent or angry; “Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan” 5: undergo combustion; “Maple wood burns well” [syn: burn]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Combust Combust \Com*bust"\, 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.] 1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) 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. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Planets that are oft combust. --Milton. [1913 Webster]