Thesaurus / flames
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synonyms for flames
- blaze
- bonfire
- heat
- inferno
- campfire
- coals
- combustion
- conflagration
- devouring
- element
- embers
- flare
- glow
- hearth
- holocaust
- incandescence
- luminosity
- oxidation
- phlogiston
- pyre
- scintillation
- scorching
- searing
- sparks
- tinder
- warmth
- flame and smoke
- hot spot
- rapid oxidation
- sea of flames
- up in smoke
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How to use flames in a sentence
You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIAt length only four or five flames remained, feebly wavering in their pools of melted wax.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANThe entire city was burnt down, and upwards of 200,000 of the inhabitants perished in the flames.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLMoodily he stood there, one hand on the high mantel shelf, one foot upon an andiron, his eyes upon the flames.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINILet blue flames rise from the living sulphur and the sheep bleat loud as she feels the touch of the smoking sulphur.
THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ROMECYRIL BAILEYServetus was roasted for two hours in the flames of a slow fire made of green wood.
GOSPEL PHILOSOPHYJ. H. WARDSometimes they stopped, when high flames, fed with holy perfumed paper, flickered upwards to the sky.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERNot only was Mr. Osborne's house in flames, but his barn and outbuildings, as well as stacks of grain.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNThe wrath of God, the flames of hell, and the never-ending sufferings of the damned were depicted in clear and terrible language.
SKIPPER WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLANDDivine odours breathe from the body, which shines like gold amid the flames that refuse to kindle upon it.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWWORDS RELATED TO FLAMES
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