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combust

[ kuhm-buhst ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to burn.


combust

/ kəmˈbʌst /

adjective

  1. astrology (of a star or planet) invisible for a period between 24 and 30 days each year due to its proximity to the sun


verb

  1. chem to burn

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Word History and Origins

Origin of combust1

1325–75; Middle English < Latin combūstus (past participle of combūrere to burn up, equivalent to com- com- + -ūs- variant stem of ūrere to burn + -tus past participle suffix; -b- by misanalysis of ambūrere, another derivative, as am- + -būrere )

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Example Sentences

Diesel heaters work by combusting fuel to warm up a heating element.

Much hotter than that, the shields would fail altogether, and the vehicle would combust in less than a minute.

These fuels all produce carbon dioxide when combusted, whereas burning pure hydrogen in a turbine produces just water vapor.

When temperatures drop, natural gas is used both directly for furnaces and indirectly to combust and turn into electricity.

If scrawny little Tutankhamun can do it, a badass like Khufu could probably cause them to spontaneously combust.

Then again, Michele Bachmann is rail thin and so tightly wound, she looks ready to spontaneously combust.

Most extramarital Hollywood romances fizzle; most Washington ones quickly combust.

Venus and Mercury, when thus 'combust,' lost their influence.

A planet was said to be combust when its light was extinguished by proximity to the sun.

When Venus and Mercury were ‘combust’ their influence was lost.

All astrologers agree that a planet is fortified by this position, but a planet when combust is very evil in its influences.

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