combust

If scrawny little Tutankhamun can do it, a badass like Khufu could probably cause them to spontaneously combust.

Then again, Michele Bachmann is rail thin and so tightly wound, she looks ready to spontaneously combust.

Most extramarital Hollywood romances fizzle; most Washington ones quickly combust.

Venus and Mercury, when thus 'combust,' lost their influence.

A planet was said to be combust when its light was extinguished by proximity to the sun.

When Venus and Mercury were ‘combust’ their influence was lost.

All astrologers agree that a planet is fortified by this position, but a planet when combust is very evil in its influences.