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Combusting
- verb - cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan"
- cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
- 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"
- start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
- undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
Comforting
- verb - affording comfort or solace
- give moral or emotional strength to
- lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
- providing freedom from worry
Commanding
- verb - be in command of; "The general commanded a huge army"
- demand as one's due; "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
- exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
- look down on; "The villa dominates the town"
- make someone do something
- used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
Commencing
- verb - get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"
- set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
Commending
- verb - express a good opinion of
- express approval of
- give to in charge; "I commend my children to you"
- mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife"
- present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence; "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"
Commenting
- verb - explain or interpret something
- make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"
- provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He annotated on what his teacher had written"
Committing
- verb - cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
- confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
- engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
- make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
- perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
Commixxing
- verb - to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"
Compacting
- verb - compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"
- have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
- make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
- squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
Companying
- verb - be a companion to somebody