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SET AFLAME

Pronunciation (US):

• SET AFLAME (verb)
The verb SET AFLAME has 1 sense:

1. set fire to; cause to start burning

Familiarity information: SET AFLAME used as a verb is very rare.

• SET AFLAME (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Set fire to; cause to start burning

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Synonyms:

set ablaze; set afire; set aflame; set on fire

Context example:

Lightening set fire to the forest

Hypernyms (to "set aflame" is one way to...):

burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)

"Set aflame" entails doing...:

ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)

Sentence frames:

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