CONFLAGRATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does conflagrate mean?
• CONFLAGRATE (verb)
The verb CONFLAGRATE has 2 senses:
1. cause to start burning
2. start to burn or burst into flames
Familiarity information: CONFLAGRATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONFLAGRATE (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to start burning
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
conflagrate; enkindle; kindle; inflame
Context example:
The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
Hypernyms (to "conflagrate" is one way to...):
ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conflagrate"):
rekindle (kindle anew, as of a fire)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Start to burn or burst into flames
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
catch fire; take fire; conflagrate; ignite; combust; erupt
Context examples:
Marsh gases ignited suddenly / The oily rags combusted spontaneously
Hypernyms (to "conflagrate" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conflagrate"):
blow out (erupt in an uncontrolled manner)
catch (start burning)
light up (start to burn with a bright flame)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
