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English verb: combust | |||
| 1. | combust (weather) cause to burn or combust | ||
| Samples | The sun burned off the fog. We combust coal and other fossil fuels. | ||
| Synonyms | burn | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | char, coal, deflagrate, ignite, light, set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set on fire | ||
| Cause | burn, combust | ||
| Verb group | catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire | ||
| 2. | combust (weather) start to burn or burst into flames | ||
| Samples | Marsh gases ignited suddenly. The oily rags combusted spontaneously. | ||
| Synonyms | catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blow out, catch, light up | ||
| Verb group | burn, combust | ||
| 3. | combust (emotion) get very angry and fly into a rage | ||
| Samples | The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question. Spam makes me go ballistic. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rage | ||
| 4. | combust (emotion) cause to become violent or angry | ||
| Samples | Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anger | ||
| Cause | 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 | ||
| 5. | combust (change) undergo combustion | ||
| Samples | Maple wood burns well. | ||
| Synonyms | burn | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blaze, blaze up, burn down, burn up, burn up, deflagrate, flame, flame up, flare, go up, scorch, sear, singe, smolder, smoulder | ||
| Verb group | burn, burn down, fire | ||
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