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combust

English

  1. 🔊 cause to become violent or angry
    “Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan”
  2. 🔊 undergo combustion
    “Maple wood burns well”
  3. 🔊 cause to burn or combust
    “The sun burned off the fog”
  4. 🔊 start to burn or burst into flames
    “Marsh gases ignited suddenly”
  5. 🔊 get very angry and fly into a rage
    “The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question”

Similar words

burn 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 erupt ignite catch fire take fire conflagrate burn