English to English
combust
(k/@/m'b/@/st
)
adjective (a)
- Burnt; consumed.(adjective)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- cause to burn or combust(verb.weather)Example:
We combust coal and other fossil fuels.
source: wordnet30 - start to burn or burst into flames(verb.weather)Example:
The oily rags combusted spontaneously.
source: wordnet30 - get very angry and fly into a rage(verb.emotion)Example:
The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question.
source: wordnet30 - cause to become violent or angry(verb.emotion)Example:
Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan.
source: wordnet30 - undergo combustion(verb.change)source: wordnet30