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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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Example Sentences

I had put something out in the world, for $40, that absolutely caught fire.

From Salon

In the movie’s grand finale, Tornado 6 destroys a factory, catches fire and tears up a movie theater.

For them to catch fire, he says “it would take some spectacular lancing of the actual cells themselves, which would mean going through a very strong external structure”.

From BBC

She thought the house was going to catch fire.

“Electric vehicles are statistically less likely to catch fire spontaneously than an internal combustion engine vehicle.”

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

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