combust

🇺🇸 /kəmˈbʌst/ 🇬🇧 /kəmˈbʌst/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

To catch fire and burn rapidly

The old wooden house combusted quickly during the wildfire.

translation

v. To catch fire and burn rapidly

Word Forms

3rd Present combusts
Past combusted
Perfect combusted
Progressive combusting