| VERB | weather | combust, burn | cause to burn or combust |
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| weather | combust, erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, conflagrate | start to burn or burst into flames | |
| emotion | combust, 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 | get very angry and fly into a rage / rage | |
| emotion | combust | cause to become violent or angry | |
| change | combust, burn | undergo combustion |
| Sounds | kahmbah'st | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... | |
| Meaning | Cause to burn or combust. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" | |
| Synonym | burn | |
| Cause to | burn, combust | Undergo combustion |
| Narrower | char, coal | Burn to charcoal |
| deflagrate | Cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity | |
| ignite, light | Cause to start burning | |
| set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afire | Set fire to | |
| Similar to | erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate | start to burn or burst into flames |
| Spanish | abrasar, arder, incinerar, quemarse, quemar | |
| Catalan | abrasar, abrusar, cremar-se, cremar, incinerar | |
| Adjectives | combustible | capable of igniting and burning |
| combustive | supporting combustion | |
| Nouns | combustion | the act of burning something |
| Meaning | start to burn or burst into flames. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" | |
| Synonyms | erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, conflagrate | |
| Narrower | blow out | erupt in an uncontrolled manner |
| catch | start burning | |
| light up | start to burn with a bright flame | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Similar to | burn, combust | Cause to burn or combust |
| Spanish | encenderse, encender, inflamarse, prender | |
| Catalan | abrandar, encendre's, encendre, inflamar-se | |
| Adjectives | combustible | capable of igniting and burning |
| combustive | supporting combustion | |
| Meaning | Get very angry and fly into a rage / rage. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question" | |
| Synonyms | 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 | |
| Caused by | combust | Cause to become violent or angry |
| Broader | rage | Feel intense anger |
| Spanish | perder los estribos | |
| Meaning | Cause to become violent or angry. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan" | |
| Cause to | flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic | Get very angry and fly into a rage / rage |
| Broader | anger | make angry |
| Meaning | Undergo combustion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | burn | |
| Caused by | burn, combust | Cause to burn or combust |
| ignite, light | Cause to start burning | |
| Narrower | blaze | Burn brightly and intensely |
| burn down, burn up, go up | Burn completely | |
| deflagrate | Burn with great heat and intense light | |
| flame | Be in flames or aflame | |
| flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up | Burn brightly | |
| scorch, sear, singe | Become superficially burned | |
| smolder, smoulder | Burn slowly and without a flame | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Similar to | burn, fire, burn down | Destroy by fire |
| Spanish | arder, consumirse, incendiar, quemarse | |
| Catalan | abrasar, consumir-se, cremar, incendiar | |
| Adjectives | combustible | capable of igniting and burning |
| combustive | supporting combustion | |
| Nouns | combustion | a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light |
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