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View definitions for aflame

aflame

adjective as in ablaze

adjective as in ablaze

adjective as in afire

Weak match

adjective as in blazing

Strongest matches

Weak matches

adjective as in conflagrant

adjective as in flaming

adjective as in on fire

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Video footage of the plane’s takeoff showed the General Electric engine aflame before the jet crashed in an industrial area just beyond the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.

Firefighters arrived to find a home in shambles, with walls collapsed, windows blown out and parts still aflame.

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Both then suddenly explode and are seen aflame.

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The saganaki, set aflame tableside by the waiter, makes for an unforgettable appetizer — and the menu only gets better from there.

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Another report released in 2021 found more than 400 hazardous sites are at risk for flooding with sea level rise in California, lingering parts of which are still aflame from wildfires as of this writing.

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