Definitions
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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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Burst into flame”7 letters
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