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Combust

verb

Cause to burn or combust. Synonym: burn. "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

Start to burn or burst into flames. Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire. "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

Get very angry and fly into a rage. Synonyms: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, 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. "Spam makes me go ballistic"

Cause to become violent or angry.

Undergo combustion. Synonym: burn.

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"Combust" Quotes from Famous Books

... extream rigor of the Cold, spitting Blood which is occasioned by the too great compression of the Breast, procreated by a continued holding breath under Water, for by too much cold a profluvium of blood follows. Their hair naturally black is changed into a combust, burnt or Sun-colour like that of the Sea Wolves, their shoulders and backs covered, or overspread with a saltish humor that they appear rather like Monsters ...

— A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies • Bartolome de las Casas

... about your troubles. As far as I know this is the only carpet in the world valued at L1000; it is certainly the only one that ever went off by spontaneous combustion; and I had this particular carpet in charge, at the very moment when it was ready to combust spontaneously." ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, August 9, 1890. • Various