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Pos: Adjective, Verb (usu participle)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb combust has 5 senses

1.  combust(v = verb.weather) burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
Derived forms adjective combustible1, noun combustion3, adjective combustive1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  combust(v = verb.weather) catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire - start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
is one way to change state, turn
Derived forms adjective combustible1, adjective combustive1
Sample sentences: Something ----s

3.  combust(v = verb.emotion) 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 - 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"
is one way to rage
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

4.  combust(v = verb.emotion) - cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
is one way to
anger
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

5.  combust(v = verb.change) burn - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
is one way to change state, turn
Derived forms adjective combustible1, noun combustion1, adjective combustive1
Sample sentences: Something ----s


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

combust, a. [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin; cf. bustum funeral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.].

1.  Burnt; consumed. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.  So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. [1913 Webster]
"Planets that are oft combust." [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

combust, v.tr. subject to combustion.

Etymology:
obs. combust (adj.) f. L combustus past part. (as COMBUSTION)