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单词 combusting
释义

combust

verb

com·​bust kəm-ˈbəst How to pronounce combust (audio)
combusted; combusting; combusts
: burn

Synonyms

  • blaze
  • burn
  • flame
  • glow
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Example Sentences

anthracite, which is naturally hard, combusts more cleanly than bituminous coal
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Word History

Etymology

derivative of earlier combust, combusted "burned, consumed," going back to Middle English combust, borrowed from Latin combustus, past participle of combūrere "to destroy with fire, reduce to ashes, calcine," from com- com- + ūrere "to expose to fire, burn, scorch" (with -b- from ambūrere "to burn around, scorch," falsely parsed as am- + būrere) — more at adust

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

combusting 1 of 2

adjective

as in burning
being on fire combusting oxygen tanks turned the fire on the evacuees' bus into a raging inferno

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • burning
  • flaming
  • smoldering
  • ignited
  • blazing
  • flickering
  • burned
  • lit
  • charred
  • aflame
  • ablaze
  • inflamed
  • afire
  • fiery
  • kindled
  • burnt
  • enflamed
  • glowing
  • alight
  • flaring
  • roasting
  • scorching
  • lighted
  • live
  • conflagrant
  • smouldering
  • searing
  • incinerated
  • scalding
  • broiling
  • scorched
  • hot
  • aglow
  • singed
  • sizzling
  • seared
  • piping hot
  • red-hot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • extinguished
  • smothered
  • choked
  • damped
  • quenched
  • dead
  • suffocated
  • doused
  • stamped (out)
  • dowsed
  • snuffed (out)
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combusting

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verb

present participle of combust
as in glowing
to be on fire especially brightly anthracite, which is naturally hard, combusts more cleanly than bituminous coal

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • burning
  • glowing
  • flaming
  • blazing
  • firing
  • smoldering
  • flickering
  • igniting
  • shining
  • gleaming
  • melting
  • kindling
  • cooking
  • roasting
  • charring
  • sputtering
  • baking
  • scorching
  • going up in flames
  • enkindling
  • broiling
  • radiating
  • sweltering
  • sparking
  • smouldering
  • wavering
  • deflagrating
  • shimmering
  • glinting
  • beaming
  • guttering
  • glittering
  • catching
  • flashing
  • sparkling
  • glistening
  • brightening
  • scintillating
  • glimmering
  • twinkling
  • glaring
  • lighting (up)
  • flaring (up)
  • beating (down)
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