combustverb [ I ]
/kəmˈbʌst//kəmˈbʌst/to start to burn:
The whole ship might spontaneously combust (= start burning without being set on fire).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting fires
- fire
- fire starter
- firelighter
- ignite
- ignition
- incendiary
- kindle
- kindling
- light
- make
- make sth up
- put
- put sth out 1
- relight
- set fire to sth/sb idiom
- set sth/sb on fire idiom
- strike
- tinder
- torch
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