Combusting and Smothered

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Combusting adjective - Being on fire.

Usage example: combusting oxygen tanks turned the fire on the evacuees' bus into a raging inferno

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Smothered is an antonym for combusting.

Smothered adjective - Held in check with difficulty.

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Combusting is an antonym for smothered.

Nearby Words: smother, smothering, smothery

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Smothered and Combusting. (2017). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/combusting/smothered

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