combust

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verb

1. 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, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper,
blow a fuse, go ballistic
• Derivationally related forms:
blowup (for: blow up)
• Hypernyms:
rage
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. undergo combustion
- Maple wood burns well
• Syn:
burn
• Derivationally related forms:
combustible, combustive, combustion, burnable (for: burn), burn (for: burn)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
burn down, burn up, go up, smolder, smoulder,
scorch, sear, singe, deflagrate, flame, flare,
flame up, blaze up, blaze
• Verb Group:
burn, fire, burn down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. start to burn or burst into flames
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
- The oily rags combusted spontaneously
• Syn:
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, conflagrate
• Derivationally related forms:
combustible, combustive, ignitible (for: ignite), ignitable (for: ignite), ignition (for: ignite)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
blow out, catch, light up
• Verb Group:
burn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. cause to burn or combust
- The sun burned off the fog
- We combust coal and other fossil fuels
• Syn:
burn
• Derivationally related forms:
combustible, combustive, combustion, burnable (for: burn)
• Hyponyms:
ignite, light, set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire,
set afire, char, coal, deflagrate
• Verb Group:
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, conflagrate
• Cause:
burn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. cause to become violent or angry
- Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan
• Hypernyms:
anger
• Cause:
flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling,
have kittens, have a fit, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper,
blow a fuse, go ballistic
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something