Synonyms of the word combust


COMBUSTANGER - BURN - CONFLAGRATE - ERUPT - IGNITE - RAGE - TURN

combust

  • v. To burn; to catch fire.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness.
  • adj. (obsolete) Burnt.
  • adj. (astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes…

anger

  • n. A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined…
  • n. (obsolete) Pain or stinging.
  • v. (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism.
  • v. (intransitive) To become angry.

burn

  • n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
  • n. A sensation resembling such an injury.
  • n. The act of burning something.
  • n. (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
  • n. (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
  • n. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
  • n. (Britain, chiefly prison slang) tobacco.
  • n. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
  • n. A disease in vegetables; brand.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
  • v. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
  • v. (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
  • v. (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  • v. (transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
  • v. (transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals.
  • v. (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To sunburn.
  • v. (transitive) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect…
  • v. (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
  • v. (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat;…
  • v. (chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To betray.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
  • v. (transitive) To waste (time).
  • v. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
  • v. (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
  • v. (transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
  • v. (photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare…
  • n. (Scotland, Northern England) A stream.

conflagrate

  • v. (intransitive) To catch fire.
  • v. (transitive) To set fire to something.

erupt

  • v. (intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
  • v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to break out.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.

ignite

  • v. (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something).
  • v. (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger.
  • v. (intransitive) to commence burning.
  • v. (chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible…

rage

  • n. Violent uncontrolled anger.
  • n. A current fashion or fad.
  • n. (obsolete) Any vehement passion.
  • v. (intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.
  • v. (intransitive) (sometimes figuratively) To move with great violence, as a storm etc.
  • v. (obsolete) To enrage.

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

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