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Word entry · 7 letters

combust

Best crossword clue

"Burst into flame"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /kəmˈbʌst/Part of speech verbSorted bcmostuStarts with CEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2O3M4B5U6S7T

Definitions

  1. To catch fire, burn, or undergo combustion.

Word origin

From Middle English combust (“burnt”), from Old French combust, from Latin combustus, the perfect passive participle of Latin combūrere (“to burn up”).

Used in a sentence

  • Brom swore after that he spoke only the truth, the truth that as he sat by my side praying for my soul, my body had combusted into flame, the fire rapidly engulfing my entire being.
  • The audience combusts.
  • Guianerius had a patient could make Latin verses when the moon was combust, otherwise illiterate.

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