combust
Burst into flames
To combust is to catch fire or burn.
The word appears most often in scientific or technical contexts describing ignition: The fuel combusts at high temperatures.
Spontaneous combustion occurs without an external spark.
Figuratively, someone might combust from rage or embarrassment—an exaggerated image of internal explosion: I thought my mother was going to combust when she saw the mess.
Burning gas made visible
inferno · conflagration · embers · smolder · pyre · bonfire · wildfire · scorch
Losing electrons chemically
- exothermicReleasing energy as heat
- thermochemistryScience of reaction heat
- enthalpyThermodynamic total heat quantity
- activation energyMinimum energy for transformation
reactants · products · stoichiometry · redox · oxygen · hydrocarbon · carbon dioxide · flammable
Intense emotional craving
- inflamedProvoked or medically irritated
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
intensity · heated · consume · all-consuming · burning love
Cause to explode
- explodeBurst with sudden force
- blastSudden forceful burst
- eruptionViolent sudden release
- volatileLiable to sudden change
shockwave · rupture · burst · flashover · backdraft · detonation · pyrotechnics · fireball
Reciprocating cylinder component
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- carburetorEngine fuel-air mixer
- fuel injectionPressurized engine delivery system
- spark plugElectrical ignition component
turbocharger · crankshaft · camshaft · valve · exhaust · manifold · supercharger · V8
flame
Burning gas made visible
kindle · inferno · conflagration · embers · smolder · pyre · bonfire · wildfire · scorch · char
oxidation
Losing electrons chemically
- exothermicReleasing energy as heat
- thermochemistryScience of reaction heat
- enthalpyThermodynamic total heat quantity
activation energy · reactants · products · stoichiometry · redox · oxygen · hydrocarbon · carbon dioxide · flammable · fuel
burning desire
Intense emotional craving
- inflamedProvoked or medically irritated
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- ardorIntense emotional warmth
fervor · intensity · heated · consume · all-consuming · burning love
detonate
Cause to explode
volatile · shockwave · rupture · burst · flashover · backdraft · detonation · pyrotechnics · fireball · boom
piston
Reciprocating cylinder component
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- carburetorEngine fuel-air mixer
- fuel injectionPressurized engine delivery system
spark plug · turbocharger · crankshaft · camshaft · valve · exhaust · manifold · supercharger · V8 · four-stroke
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- heat and fireignite, burn, flame, blaze, incinerate
- aspectstrine, sextile, square, opposition, parallel
- astrologyastrology, zodiac, horoscope, horoscopes, birth chart
- ragerage, fury, wrath, enraged, furious
- lab verbsanalyze, boil, calibrate, centrifuge, condense
- internal combustionFuel ignites in cylinders
- fuel combustionOxidation of energy sources
- combustion engineFuel-igniting mechanical powerplant
- spontaneous combustionCatching fire independently
- internal combustion engineHeat-driven mechanical powerplant
- combustion chamberEngine's ignition cavity
combustible, combustion, incombustible, combusted, combusts, noncombustible, combusting