combust

combust
    v 1: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We
         combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: {burn},
         {combust}]
    2: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited
       suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn:
       {erupt}, {ignite}, {catch fire}, {take fire}, {combust},
       {conflagrate}]
    3: 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" [syn: {flip one's
       lid}, {blow up}, {throw a fit}, {hit the roof}, {hit the
       ceiling}, {have kittens}, {have a fit}, {combust}, {blow
       one's stack}, {fly off the handle}, {flip one's wig}, {lose
       one's temper}, {blow a fuse}, {go ballistic}]
    4: cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan
       after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
    5: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: {burn},
       {combust}]
    

Combust \Com*bust"\, 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. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. (Astron.) 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. [Obs.]
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            Planets that are oft combust.         --Milton.
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