Associations to the word «Combust»
Noun
- Fuel
- Oxygen
- Gas
- Flame
- Heat
- Temperature
- Energy
- Engine
- Burner
- Biomass
- Landfill
- Dioxide
- Boiler
- Exhaust
- Oil
- Gasoline
- Turbine
- Yoga
- Hydrogen
- Methane
- Process
- Stove
- Sulfur
- Vapor
- Furnace
- Fire
- Emission
- Waste
- Burn
- Ash
- Thrust
- Coal
- Mixture
- Powder
- Spark
- Planet
- Atmosphere
- Measurement
- Diesel
- Produce
- Compound
- Electricity
- Alcohol
- Parish
- Particle
- Efficiency
- Sample
- Sign
- Cycle
- Product
- Material
- Cause
- Plant
- Amount
- Condition
- Source
- Flow
- St
- Blood
Adjective
Wiktionary
COMBUST, verb. To burn; to catch fire.
COMBUST, verb. (intransitive) (figuratively) To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness.
COMBUST, adjective. (obsolete) Burnt.
COMBUST, adjective. (astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
Dictionary definition
COMBUST, verb. Cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels".
COMBUST, verb. Start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously".
COMBUST, verb. 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".
COMBUST, verb. Cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan".
COMBUST, verb. Undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.