1. undergo combustion

e.g. Maple wood burns well

Synonym: burn

2. cause to become violent or angry

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

3. get very angry and fly into a rage

e.g. The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
Spam makes me go ballistic

Synonym: flip one's lidblow upthrow a fithit the roofhit the ceilinghave kittenshave a fitblow one's stackfly off the handleflip one's wiglose one's temperblow a fusego ballistic

4. start to burn or burst into flames

e.g. Marsh gases ignited suddenly
The oily rags combusted spontaneously

Synonym: eruptignitecatch firetake fireconflagrate

5. cause to burn or combust

e.g. The sun burned off the fog
We combust coal and other fossil fuels

Synonym: burn