1. Undergo combustion
   "Maple wood combusts well";
   - burn
    
2. Start to burn or burst into flames
   "The oily rags combusted spontaneously";
   - erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, conflagrate
    
3. Cause to burn or combust
   "We combust coal and other fossil fuels";
   - burn
    
4. Cause to become violent or angry
   "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"

Derived forms: combusted, combusting, combusts

Type of: alter, anger, change, change state, modify, turn

Encyclopedia: Combust