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aflame

[uh-fleym] / əˈfleɪm /


ADJECTIVE
afire
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
blazing
Synonyms








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When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also polluting our atmosphere.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

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.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2025

You don’t even know what spark will set something aflame.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2024

The firelight made his hat glow as if he were aflame.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin




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