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aflame

[uh-flaym] / əˈfleɪm /


ADJECTIVE
afire
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
blazing
Synonyms








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The strikes hit gas and oil storage facilities including at a power plant in Abha and left the major refinery at Jazan aflame and offline, Saudi Arabia said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

And Tveit sets “One Night in Bangkok” aflame with Dionysian ecstasy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

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

No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

He imagined her as, say, Mrs. Cobb, swooping out from behind her picket fence with eyes aflame, calling down the turbine perflant upon a minister’s son who threw rocks.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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