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View definitions for catch fire

catch fire

verb as in combust

Strong matches

Weak match

verb as in ignite

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On Monday, an inquest was told the lithium-ion battery of the vape pen caught fire after being left charging in the attic room she shared with an older sibling.

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The M5 in Devon has fully reopened after a major incident was declared by emergency services when a lorry carrying electric vehicles caught fire.

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We were catching fire, but then she bounced.

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As the entire set catches fire, she's wheeled out on a hospital gurney, surrounded by dancers in red plague doctors costumes, who operate on her lifeless body.

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Angela Palit, 59, described how she was blown across the kitchen, and thought she was going to die as her hair caught fire and she felt her face burning.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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