COMBUSTING

Cause to burn or combust

Example: "The sun burned off the fog"

• burn  6

• ignite  7
• light  9
• set ablaze
• set afire
• • set aflame
  • set on fire
  • char  9
  • coal  6
  • deflagrate  15
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Start to burn or burst into flames

Example: "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"

• catch fire
• conflagrate  17
• erupt  7
• ignite  7
• take fire

• change state
• turn  4

• blow out
• catch  12
• light up

Get very angry and fly into a rage

Example: "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"

• 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

Cause to become violent or angry

Example: "Riots combusted pakistan after the u.s. air attacks on afghanistan"

Undergo combustion

Example: "Maple wood burns well"

• burn  6

• change state
• turn  4

• burn down
• burn up
• go up
• smolder  10
• • smoulder  11
  • scorch  13
  • sear  4
  • singe  6
  • deflagrate  15
  • flame  10
  • blaze up
  • burn up
  • flame up
  • flare  8
  • blaze  16
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