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combust
'combust' - used as a verb
1. cause to burn or combust
We combust coal and other fossil fuels
2. start to burn or burst into flames
The oily rags combusted spontaneously
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
4. cause to become violent or angry
Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan
5. undergo combustion

derived forms
1. Combust / Past
combusted
2. Combust / Third Person
combusts
3. Combust / Present Participle
combusting
Variations of 'combust'
 
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