as in to burn
to be on fire especially brightly
anthracite, which is naturally hard, combusts more cleanly than bituminous coal
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Recent Examples of combust
When combusted, biogas can produce significant amounts of heat, useful in various industrial and agricultural applications.
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Sergey Buchin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The power plant likely also stores chemicals used for cooling, cleaning or other processes, some of which may combust under certain circumstances.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
In conventional designs, air is compressed by an axial compressor, mixed with fuel, and combusted continuously.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Carlson’s images combust with metaphysical abundance.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Sergey Buchin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The power plant likely also stores chemicals used for cooling, cleaning or other processes, some of which may combust under certain circumstances.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
In conventional designs, air is compressed by an axial compressor, mixed with fuel, and combusted continuously.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Carlson’s images combust with metaphysical abundance.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for combust
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
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The glowing pink nebula and snakelike dark clouds are the remnant of the birth site of the stars in the cluster.—
Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2025
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With its lightweight texture, glowing finish, and ability to safeguard against sun damage and hyperpigmentation, this has all the makings of a universally appealing sunscreen—and has quickly become a staple in my skin-care rotation.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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Much like The Game Kitchen’s Blasphemous (2019) and Blasphemous 2 (2023), the pixel art utilized here is highly detailed, rendering backgrounds with depth like the flaming ruins of the Hayabusa clan’s village or cityscapes surrounded by rivers of blood.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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Comments Danny McBride, do not step on that flaming bag on your doorstep.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Combust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combust. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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