combust

verb

1. 1

   undergo combustion

   Maple wood burns well

2. 2

   cause to become violent or angry

   Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan

3. 3

   get very angry and fly into a rage

   The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question

   Spam makes me go ballistic

4. 4

   start to burn or burst into flames

   Marsh gases ignited suddenly

   The oily rags combusted spontaneously

5. 5

   cause to burn or combust

   The sun burned off the fog

   We combust coal and other fossil fuels