Definition of combust
:burn
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Examples of combust in a Sentence
anthracite, which is naturally hard, combusts more cleanly than bituminous coal
Recent Examples of combust from the Web
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When Lewis, all need and splayed legs and ear-splitting childlike lament, took the stage with Martin in Atlantic City, N.J., in 1946, at Skinny D’Amato’s 500 Cafe, a show business phenomenon combusted — for 10 years.
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The new phone's predecessor, the Galaxy Note 7, was notorious for its battery problems that sometimes caused the phone to overheat or combust, leading to its global recall in September.
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Today's events seem to swing, sputter and combust like some newly forming invention in a science lab.
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Entergy has determined the 226-megawatt combusting turbine will use 90 percent less water than the two 1960s era Michoud units decommissioned last year, Rice said.
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Lee's and Helen's—that eventually dovetailed, intertwined, and then combusted in horrific fashion.
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Tasked with extinguishing the blaze, Fields combusted.
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European transportation guidelines have generally suggested carrying on laptops and other electronic devices with lithium batteries, which can combust during flights if packed together tightly.
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Lithium batteries in electronics that were stored in a flight cabin's overhead bin have combusted in the past.
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Origin and Etymology of combust
Latin combustus, past participle of comburere to burn up, irregular from com- + urere to burn — more at ember
combust Synonyms
Synonyms
blaze, burn, flame, glowRelated Words
catch, enkindle; deflagrate, fire, ignite, kindle; flare (up), light (up); flicker, gutter, waver; bake, broil, char, cook, melt, roast, scorch, swelter; smolder (or smoulder), spark, sputter; beam, brighten, radiate; beat (down), flash, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkleLearn More about combust
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