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combust, v.
(combusted, combusting, combusts)

undergo combustion
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burn combust

sample sentences

"Maple wood burns well"

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The wooden sticks %s
These fabrics %s easily

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combustible combustive combustion

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hypernym

turn, change state

hyponym

burn down, go up, burn up smolder, smoulder scorch, sear, singe deflagrate flame flame up, flare, burn up, blaze up blaze

verb group

burn, burn down, fire

cause to become violent or angry
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combust

sample sentences

"Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"

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hypernym

cause

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
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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

sample sentences

"The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"
"Spam makes me go ballistic"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

start to burn or burst into flames
<verb.weather> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

catch fire combust conflagrate erupt ignite take fire

sample sentences

"Marsh gases ignited suddenly"
"The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ignitible ignitable ignition

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combustible combustive

semantic pointers

hypernym

turn, change state

hyponym

blow out catch light up

verb group

cause to burn or combust
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burn combust

sample sentences

"The sun burned off the fog"
"We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

verb frames

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They %s the trees

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

combustible combustive combustion

semantic pointers

hyponym

ignite, light set on fire, set ablaze, set aflame, set afire char, coal deflagrate

verb group

erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate

cause