Get very angry and fly into a rage.
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Examples for "combust "
Examples for "combust "
1 When that happens, two materials are brought together and they spontaneously combust .
2 My heart was a trip-hammer and I thought my lungs would combust .
3 I would spontaneously combust with enthusiasm every time I entered a classroom.
4 If I didn't have sex for another day, would I spontaneously combust ?
5 There was a risk this could cause the coal inside to combust .
1 You say that Professor Rogers tended to fly off the handle easily.
2 And if everything wasn't how he wanted it, he'd fly off the handle .
3 Maybe she was worried that Hank might fly off the handle .
4 It always harms a man, anyway, to fly off the handle .
5 Betsy was not one to fly off the handle like that.
1 Bjørn in particular has capacity to blow a fuse if suitably prodded.
2 I fly into a rage, and it's like I blow a fuse .
3 You ought to take your case to a psychoanalyst; he'd blow a fuse .
4 Shorts usually blow a fuse , but if it were an older house, could it be possible?
5 I plugged in the tape recorder, hoping I wouldn't give myself a shock or blow a fuse .
1 Gordon will go ballistic if we miss that press conference tomorrow.
2 We're agreed that the bottom line is that the fleet will go ballistic .
3 Fatima will broadcast the tape over the Internet and go ballistic .
4 That I'm-sorry-but-I've-got-to-do-this expression on Alex's face was about to make Michael go ballistic .
5 Darrell would go ballistic if she let a lawyer in.
1 It came to me suddenly: he meant to blow up the Intendance.
2 First, he judged it necessary to blow up the bridge of Demir-Hissar.
3 He could not blow up one of these bubbles on the spring.
4 Gas of northern metaphysics to blow up Broad Church bishops like balloons.
5 The wind begins to blow up sharply, though it was very pleasant.
1 The night watchman seemed like a man about to throw a fit .
2 I thought for a minute he was going to throw a fit .
3 He would give father-in-law a chance to throw a fit , next morning.
4 I thought the old guy would throw a fit , but he didn't.
5 Why, if Billy woke up and heard that he'd throw a fit .
1 The Disciple hit the roof heavily and staggered two steps past Jade.
2 Six-teen tons of monster hit the roof , which collapsed under the weight.
3 One hit the roof of a house but caused only smoke damage.
4 Your mother is going to hit the roof when we get home.
5 The beam hit the roof , began to move steadily toward the hole.
1 Atticus would hit the ceiling when Miss Muffett told him the gory story.
2 But when she told Brock this time, he hit the ceiling .
3 To throw the club higher and hit the ceiling ? , she said.
4 The ball hit the ceiling about 170 feet above the ground.
5 He nearly hit the ceiling when Hairy jumped on his stomach.
1 Folks, my CPO is about to have kittens , we're cutting it so close.
2 You know, I'd like to buy a cat and then maybe Bast can have kittens .
3 You all ought to have kittens to play with, and nanny goats and woolly lambs.
4 Besides, if it's Bethi you're after, she's mine, and she's going to have kittens again.
5 If she could not have kittens , then she would content herself with puppies or rats.
1 I'm going to have a fit if we don't start right away.
2 Maisie'd have a fit if she knew you were out in it.
3 It was seven thirty and Raquel was going to have a fit .
4 Amma was going to have a fit when she smelled that tomorrow.
5 She was going to have a fit when he told her no.
1 Till then it is idle to wrangle, and to lose one 's temper .
2 But I think it's a pity ever to lose one 's temper .
3 I discovered also how easy it is to lose one 's temper with these men.
4 She considers it bad manners to lose one 's temper .
5 It is impossible sometimes not to lose one 's temper .
6 To lose one 's temper at golf is foolish.
7 It's a bad habit to lose one 's temper .
8 Such things are provoking, but it is best to treat them good-naturedly, as Tommy did, and not lose one 's temper .
10 I believe they consider it to be degrading, either first, to lose one 's temper , or secondly, to administer justice in such a fashion.
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