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CONFLAGRATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Start to burn or burst into flames
Example:
The oily rags combusted spontaneously
Synonyms:
catch fire; combust; conflagrate; erupt; ignite; take fire
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "conflagrate" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Verb group:
burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conflagrate"):
blow out (erupt in an uncontrolled manner)
catch (start burning)
light up (start to burn with a bright flame)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to start burning
Example:
The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds
Synonyms:
conflagrate; enkindle; inflame; kindle
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "conflagrate" is one way to...):
ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "conflagrate"):
rekindle (kindle anew, as of a fire)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
