combust

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C0500150 (kəm-bŭst′)v. com·bust·ed, com·bust·ing, com·busts v.intr.1. a. To catch fire; burst into flame: The fire started when a pile of oily rags spontaneously combusted.b. To undergo combustion; burn: As the fuels were combusting they gave off noxious vapors.2. To become suddenly angry or agitated: The defendant combusted when he heard the verdict.v.tr.1. To cause to burn; ignite.2. To cause to become angry or violent: riots that are combusting whole provinces.

[Back-formation from combustion.]

combust

(kəmˈbʌst) adj (Astrology) astrology (of a star or planet) invisible for a period between 24 and 30 days each year due to its proximity to the sunvb (Chemistry) chem to burn

com•bust

(kəmˈbʌst)

v.i., v.t. -bust•ed, -bust•ing. to burn. [1325–75; Middle English < Latin combūstus, past participle of combūrere to burn up]

combust

Past participle: combusted
Gerund: combusting

Imperative
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combust

Present
I combust
you combust
he/she/it combusts
we combust
you combust
they combust

Preterite
I combusted
you combusted
he/she/it combusted
we combusted
you combusted
they combusted

Present Continuous
I am combusting
you are combusting
he/she/it is combusting
we are combusting
you are combusting
they are combusting

Present Perfect
I have combusted
you have combusted
he/she/it has combusted
we have combusted
you have combusted
they have combusted

Past Continuous
I was combusting
you were combusting
he/she/it was combusting
we were combusting
you were combusting
they were combusting

Past Perfect
I had combusted
you had combusted
he/she/it had combusted
we had combusted
you had combusted
they had combusted

Future
I will combust
you will combust
he/she/it will combust
we will combust
you will combust
they will combust

Future Perfect
I will have combusted
you will have combusted
he/she/it will have combusted
we will have combusted
you will have combusted
they will have combusted

Future Continuous
I will be combusting
you will be combusting
he/she/it will be combusting
we will be combusting
you will be combusting
they will be combusting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been combusting
you have been combusting
he/she/it has been combusting
we have been combusting
you have been combusting
they have been combusting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been combusting
you will have been combusting
he/she/it will have been combusting
we will have been combusting
you will have been combusting
they will have been combusting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been combusting
you had been combusting
he/she/it had been combusting
we had been combusting
you had been combusting
they had been combusting

Conditional
I would combust
you would combust
he/she/it would combust
we would combust
you would combust
they would combust

Past Conditional
I would have combusted
you would have combusted
he/she/it would have combusted
we would have combusted
you would have combusted
they would have combusted

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	combust - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"burnignite, light - cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set on fire - set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire to the forest"catch fire, take fire, ignite, combust, conflagrate, erupt - start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"char, coal - burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
	2.	combust - start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"catch fire, take fire, ignite, conflagrate, eruptchange state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"blow out - erupt in an uncontrolled manner; "The oil well blew out"catch - start burning; "The fire caught"light up - start to burn with a bright flame; "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"combust, burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
	3.	combust - get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"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, blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow uprage - feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"
	4.	combust - cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"anger - make angry; "The news angered him"
	5.	combust - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"burnchange state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"burn down, burn up, go up - burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"smolder, smoulder - burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"burn, burn down, fire - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"scorch, sear, singe - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"deflagrate - burn with great heat and intense light; "the powder deflagrated"flame - be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"blaze up, burn up, flame up, flare - burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"blaze - burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"

combust

verbTo undergo combustion:blaze, burn, flame, flare.

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(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

A planet is said to be combust when it is within 8°30’ (many would say less) of the Sun. In traditional astrology, this was regarded as having a weakening (debilitating) effect on the planet involved. Contemporary astrologers have not found that this close conjunction with the Sun weakens planets, and, to the contrary, some researchers have asserted that such a position tends to strengthen the influence of the planets involved. The notion of combust might have been based on the observation that during partile conjunctions in which the Sun actually came between a particular planet and Earth (i.e., during occultations,) the matters and processes ruled by the planet involved in the conjunction were weakened. Certain twentieth-century experiments, such as those supporting the Kolisko effect (in which the metal associated with a given planet was less reactive during the planet’s occultation), would support such an interpretation.

Mercury, as the planet closest to the Sun, is most often involved in close conjunctions with the greater luminary. Observing people with combust Mercury, many modern astrologers have noted greater mental energy as well as greater powers of concentration in these natives. However, astrologers have also observed that this position, unless counteracted by other factors in the natal chart, causes people with combust Mercurys to be less able to see points of view other than their own.

Sources:

Bach, Eleanor. Astrology from A to Z: An Illustrated Source Book. New York: Philosophical Library, 1990.DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

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verb to undergo combustion

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