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Meanings of afire in English
Synonyms
Examples for "burning"
Examples for "burning"
1
Some companies ended up burning it illegally, causing environmental and health problems.
2
A case in point: that Park Creek fire burning outside of Lincoln.
3
Major bushfires are burning across the Australian state of New South Wales.
4
An obvious but rarely asked question is: whose cash is Uber burning?
5
It's burning fossil fuels that's causing the global crisis of Climate Change.
1
Seruvakula said the Vikings will come out all guns blazing at home.
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Now the pile of paper was not just burning; it was blazing.
3
The place was blazing with light-notgaslamps now, but good electric lights.
4
In the west end of the Sanctum Sanctorum, under the blazing star.
5
In the first place, the flame itself is produced by blazing alcohol.
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The glaring sand shimmered in the heat of the flaming Egyptian sun.
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The documentary has garnered particular attention for a scene featuring flaming tapwater.
3
Wild roses were flaming in the tufts of bunchgrass along the fence.
4
There was a steady draft in the direction of the flaming cavern.
5
He went out flaming; free from debt, money debts; all but one.
1
Police say the attackers stabbed the victims and set alight some rooms.
2
There were unconfirmed reports that a number of vehicles were set alight.
3
About a year ago another blaze came close to setting it alight.
4
The street lamps were alight; the rays glittered on the damp pavements.
5
Let them get closer before we set it alight, Josh said confidently.
1
In Boston, a police SUV was set ablaze near the State House.
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France's far right Twittersphere was ablaze with comments criticising immigration and Islam.
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France's far right Twittersphere was ablaze with comments criticizing immigration and Islam.
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Rebels also set ablaze five trucks that were transporting minerals, police said.
5
Thursday's attacks left one tanker ablaze and both adrift, shipping firms said.
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The unrest often targets northerners, and northern-owned businesses have been set aflame.
2
His cheeks were aflame; his body was aglow; his limbs were trembling.
3
The ancient capital of Virginia was aflame with the new rebel bunting.
4
You have to publicly set any evidence of your former allegiances aflame.
5
A spark spell caught the text and then set the kindling aflame.
1
His own emblem, quivering and aflare, was winging toward the other.
2
Now the fire was low enough, but the room seemed aflare with myrtle tapers.
3
Drums beating, trumpets blowing, torches aflare, the English freebooter marched straight to the market.
4
Above all, Chilhowee Mountain, aflare with the scarlet glow of its autumnal woods, touched the blue sky.
5
Morning dawned, aflare with light and color, as only a June morning in that semitropic wilderness could glow.
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However, Jay-Z's previous British signings haven't exactly set the world on fire.
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It's good when the way is clear and everything is on fire.'
3
As a result' the entire engine which pumps water was on fire.
4
He had always known he would go out this way: on fire.
5
A car had been set on fire not far from the scene.
Usage of afire in English
1
The mall was among dozens of buildings set afire following the dispersal.
2
Looking down, she saw the piles of logs had been set afire.
3
Bell was afire with enthusiasm; the first great step had been taken.
4
Yes, he told himself, that part she'd play like a house afire.
5
Your heart is already afire with the passion to help, to heal.
6
Lewis, still alive, barely, was sprayed with burning gasoline and set afire.
7
The acid spattered on some of the papers, quickly setting them afire.
8
He says that it seemed as if the whole world was afire.
9
Carts and wagons were overturned, shops looted, homes plundered and set afire.
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To drive the Jews off these buildings, the Romans set them afire.
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Everything was heaped up in the Piazza della Signoria and set afire.
12
He gave a torch to Simon, who set his own arrows afire.
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Great clouds of smoke covered these villages set afire by the bombardment.
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My back screamed with pain as if it had been set afire.
15
She jerked the hand away as if the bill had been afire.
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Her arms were like two bullwhips, and they were usually set afire.
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Afire through the time
Afire across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common