to combust
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7.4
- verb
- /kəmˈbʌst/
:
combustir
- The gaseous species of primary concern include sulfur and nitrogen, which, when combusted, are oxidized to sulfur and nitrogen oxides.
- combust 250 tons
- fuel is combusted
- gas is combusted
If all of those shoes spontaneously combusted right now, which ones would you replace?
- If all of those shoes spontaneously combusted right now, which ones would you replace?
- And so how do you make your your ball spontaneously combust?
- It's not a fix, just me not driving it is working around the fact that it might spontaneously combust when an acorn falls on it.
- Maybe though, this is just combustor combusting things.
- And the cloud is made-up of the remnants of people who have turned into combusting carbon.
- Fire causing the the piece of wood to burn and combust and turn into something else, making ash, for example.
Examples
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If I don't get an apartment soon, that house is going to spontaneously combust.
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Because there is no oxygen in the reactor, the waste does not combust but decomposes.
Academic text (2000) -
The fuel is primed, but I cannot get it to combust.
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There, a portion of the fuel is combusted without a flame.
Academic text (1998) -
Fire combusts fuel across its field of travel so that the consequences are broadly distributed.
Academic text (2001) -
Engines don't just spontaneously combust.
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Methane gas is combusted and used as a heat supply for the plant and adjacent buildings.
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With a major coal strike underway, Titanic had taken onboard cheap coal that caused it to combust deep within boiler room number six.
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Pressurized oxygen is flammable and if it combusts, then it will explode.
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The dry leaves caught fire quickly and began to combust as the flames spread.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To be on fire or damage something with heat
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3.0
Make something start burning
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6.5
To set fire to something on purpose
66
4.0
To make something start burning
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2.6
To start burning suddenly
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1.0
To burn something to destroy it
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4.8
To make something start burning
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3.7
To make wood, paper, or other material start to burn
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4.6
To light up suddenly with a strong flame or bright light
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4.1
Make something start to burn
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5.1
To make something start burning
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4.2
To make something start burning
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4.6
To suddenly start burning strongly or become much more intense
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4.8
Start burning and produce flames
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4.9
To start burning with a strong bright flame
1
5.7
To make something start burning, for example paper or dry grass
To start to burn suddenly and brightly
To set fire to something
To make something start to burn, like a fire or a strong feeling
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word combust comes from Latin parts com- meaning 'together' and -bust meaning 'burn', like the English word burn. So to combust is to catch fire or start to burn.