Definitions for combust

combust com·bust

Spelling: [kuh m-buhst]
IPA: /kəmˈbʌst/

Combust is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in combust (bcmostu).

Definitions for combust

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to burn.

Origin of combust

1325-75; Middle English Latin combūstus (past participle of combūrere to burn up, equivalent to com- com- + -ūs- variant stem of ūrere to burn + -tus past participle s

Examples for combust

Venus and Mercury, when thus 'combust,' lost their influence.

All astrologers agree that a planet is fortified by this position, but a planet when combust is very evil in its influences.

A planet was said to be combust when its light was extinguished by proximity to the sun.

When Venus and Mercury were ‘combust’ their influence was lost.

Word Value for combust
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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