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Meaning of combust

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  combust
      v 1: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We
           combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: {burn},
           {combust}]
      2: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited
         suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn:
         {erupt}, {ignite}, {catch fire}, {take fire}, {combust},
         {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}, {combust}, {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},
         {combust}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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