Combust

Date "combust" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Etymology: Combust \Com*bust"\, adjective. [Latin expression combustus, past participle of comburere to burn up; com- burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin; compare to bustum fineral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna live coal, Greek pyrso`s firebrand, Sanskrit plush to burn.]. (Websters 1913)

Modern Usage: Combust

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean)
Lyrics	Spontaneously combust (What Would Happen; performing artist: Meredith Brooks)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Usage Frequency: Combust

"Combust" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Combust" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Combust

Derivations & Misspellings: Combust

Derivations
	Words beginning with "combust": combusted, combustibilities, combustibility, combustible, combustibles, combustibly, combusting, combustion, combustions, combustive, combustor, combustors, combusts. (additional references)
	Words containing "combust": incombustibilities, incombustibility, incombustible, incombustibles, noncombustible, noncombustibles, precombustion, precombustions. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Combust" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cambist, Cambus, cobus, commisit, confust. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Combust"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "combust" (pronounced kumbu"st)
4	-b u" s t	bused, bussed, bust, robust.
3	-u" s t	adjust, antitrust, crust, cussed, discussed, disgust, distrust, dust, encrust, entrust, fussed, gust, incrust, just, lust, mistrust, must, nonplussed, readjust, rust, thrust, trust, unjust.
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Anagrams: Combust

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-m-o-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: custom.
	-2 letters: bouts, combs, scout, tombs, umbos.
	-3 letters: bots, bout, bums, bust, buts, cobs, comb, cost, cots, cubs, cuts, mobs, mocs, most, mots, must, muts, oust, outs, scot, scum, scut, smut, stob, stub, stum, sumo, tomb, toms, tubs, umbo.
	-4 letters: bos, bot, bum, bus, but, cob, cos, cot, cub, cum, cut, mob, moc, mos.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-m-o-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: combusts.
	+2 letters: combusted, combustor, outclimbs, subatomic.
	+3 letters: columbites, combusting, combustion, combustive, combustors, microburst, subcompact.
	+4 letters: combustible, combustibly, combustions, microbursts, subcompacts.
	+5 letters: combustibles, debouchments, microtubules, noctambulist, obscurantism, rambunctious, subcommittee, subcommunity, subcomponent.
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