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COMBUST
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they combust ... he / she / it combusts
Past simple: combusted
-ing form: combusting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
Maple wood burns well
Synonyms:
burn; combust
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "combust" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Verb group:
burn; burn down; fire (destroy by fire)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "combust"):
burn down; burn up; go up (burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire)
smolder; smoulder (burn slowly and without a flame)
scorch; sear; singe (become superficially burned)
deflagrate (burn with great heat and intense light)
flame (be in flames or aflame)
blaze up; burn up; flame up; flare (burn brightly)
blaze (burn brightly and intensely)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
combustible (capable of igniting and burning)
combustion (a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light)
combustive (supporting combustion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to become violent or angry
Example:
Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "combust" is one way to...):
anger (make angry)
Cause:
blow a fuse; blow one's stack; blow up; combust; 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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Get very angry and fly into a rage
Example:
Spam makes me go ballistic
Synonyms:
blow a fuse; blow one's stack; blow up; combust; 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
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Hypernyms (to "combust" is one way to...):
rage (feel intense anger)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 4
Meaning:
Start to burn or burst into flames
Example:
The oily rags combusted spontaneously
Synonyms:
catch fire; combust; conflagrate; erupt; ignite; take fire
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "combust" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Verb group:
burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "combust"):
blow out (erupt in an uncontrolled manner)
catch (start burning)
light up (start to burn with a bright flame)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
combustible (capable of igniting and burning)
combustive (supporting combustion)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Example:
We combust coal and other fossil fuels
Synonyms:
burn; combust
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Cause:
burn; combust (undergo combustion)
Verb group:
catch fire; combust; conflagrate; erupt; ignite; take fire (start to burn or burst into flames)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "combust"):
ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)
set ablaze; set afire; set aflame; set on fire (set fire to; cause to start burning)
deflagrate (cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
combustible (capable of igniting and burning)
combustion (the act of burning something)
combustive (supporting combustion)