combust

Meanings

Verb

• To burn; to catch fire.
• To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness.

Adjective

• Burnt.
• In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.

Noun

• That which undergoes burning.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• deflagrate
• detonate

Origin

• From Middle English combust, from Old French combust, from Latin combūstus.