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View definitions for in flames

in flames

adjective as in conflagrant

adjective as in flaming

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“That is what really hurt, to just watch that all go up in flames. Until the camera gave out.”

Emergency crews summoned to Tabler Avenue in Lancaster at 1:27 a.m. found a one-story home in flames, according to the Los Angeles County sheriff and fire departments.

Forest rangers are concerned about forests that haven’t burned in decades, which contain an abundance of downed wood waiting to go up in flames.

From Slate

As people around the world watched in video and photographs, Al-Dalou could be seen trying to move while engulfed in flames.

From Salon

A sightseeing tour company in San Diego is having to hit the brakes on rentals after about 30 of its vehicles, including several powered by lithium-ion batteries, went up in flames Thursday night, authorities said.

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

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