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SET AFLAME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does set aflame mean?
• SET AFLAME (verb)
The verb SET AFLAME has 1 sense:
1. set fire to; cause to start burning
Familiarity information: SET AFLAME used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set fire to; cause to start burning
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
set ablaze; set afire; set aflame; set on fire
Context example:
Lightening set fire to the forest
Hypernyms (to "set aflame" is one way to...):
burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)
"Set aflame" entails doing...:
ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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