| NOUN | process | flame, fire, flaming | the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke |
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| VERB | weather | flame, flare | shine with a sudden light |
| weather | flame | be in flames or aflame | |
| communication | flame | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium |
| Sounds | fley'm | |
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| Rhymes | acclaim ... tame: 34 rhymes with eym... | |
| Meaning | The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke. | |
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| Synonyms | fire, flaming | |
| Narrower | blaze, blazing | A strong flame that burns brightly |
| flare | A sudden burst of flame | |
| ignition | The process of initiating combustion or catching fire | |
| Broader | combustion, burning | A process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light |
| Spanish | flama, fuego, incendio, llama, lumbre | |
| Catalan | flama, foc | |
| Verbs | flame | be in flames or aflame |
| Meaning | shine with a sudden light. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | Lights flame on the horizon; The horizon is flameing with lights | |
| Synonym | flare | |
| Broader | shine, beam | emit light |
| See also | flame up | burn brightly |
| Spanish | arder | |
| Meaning | Be in flames or aflame. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset" | |
| Broader | burn, combust | Undergo combustion |
| Spanish | arder | |
| Nouns | flame, flaming | the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke |
| Meaning | criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed" | |
| Broader | chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct | censure severely |
| Spanish | enfurecerse | |
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