combust
combust is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Burnt; consumed. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Burnt; consumed.
- adjective. 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.
- verb. undergo combustion
"Maple wood burns well"
- verb. cause to become violent or angry
"Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
- verb. 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"
- verb. start to burn or burst into flames
"Marsh gases ignited suddenly"
"The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
- verb. cause to burn or combust
"The sun burned off the fog"
"We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
Synonyms
burn, conflagrate, erupt, ignite
Common word forms
combusts, combusted, combusting
Words from these letters
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