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What is the adjective for combusting?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb combust which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

combust
  1. (obsolete) Burnt.
  2. (astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
combustive
  1. Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flammable, combustible, inflammable, ignitable, burnable, ignitible, fiery, touchy, incendiary, explosive, volatile, unstable, combusting, kindling, eruptive, labile, vaporescent, evaporative, vaporous, detonative, fulminant, fulminating, detonating, fire-producing, fire-raising … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The scientists were cautious when handling the combustive chemicals in the lab, aware of their potential to ignite easily.”
      “The combustive combination produces thousands of pounds of thrust, although the exact amount remains secret.”
      “He made messy gestural models that advanced notions of formal and spatial complexity, all rendered with a rawness that was combustive.”
combustionary
  1. Of, or pertaining to, combustion.
combusted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of combust
  2. Synonyms:
      3. burned, burnt, blazed, ignited, flamed, glowed, caught fire, went up in flames, gone up in flames, caught on fire, lighted, lit, smoldered, smouldered, set fire to, torched, incinerated, carbonized, carbonised, scorched, enkindled, enflamed, kindled, inflamed, set alight, set a match to, set on fire, burst into flames, fired, flared, cremated, consumed, reduced to ashes, flared up, burnt up, burned up, exploded, destroyed, toasted, roasted, parched, scalded, conflagrated, burned violently, burst out, gutted, set light to, fired up, touched off, setted burning … more
combusting
  1. present participle of combust
  2. Synonyms:
      3. burning, blazing, igniting, flaming, glowing, catching fire, going up in flames, catching on fire, lighting, smoldering, smouldering, carbonizing, carbonising, scorching, torching, incinerating, burning up, enkindling, inflaming, enflaming, kindling, cremating, consuming, setting fire to, reducing to ashes, destroying, firing, roasting, toasting, flaring, parching, scalding, conflagrating, setting alight, gutting, touching off, setting burning, lighting up, setting a match to, burning down, setting on fire, destroying by fire, burning to a crisp, flaring up, bursting into flames, burning to the ground, exploding, raging, burning without flames, radiating heat … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The kiln temperature was increased slowly after firing via the hot air from the combusting wood in the firing port.”
      “Urban legend has it that the car was removed from the market due to combusting gas tanks.”
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