Thesaurus:combust
English
Verb
(intransitive)
Sense: to commence burning; to become ignited
Synonyms
- catch on fire
- catch fire
- combust
- conflagrate
- fire (dated)
- go up in flames
- go up in smoke
- ignite
- light [⇒ thesaurus]
- spunk (obsolete)
- take fire (dated)
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See also
- Thesaurus:burn
- Thesaurus:kindle (transitive)
Further reading
- “384. calefaction” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “combust” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.