aflame
Americanadjective
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on fire; ablaze.
The house was all aflame.
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eager and excited.
I was aflame with curiosity.
adverb
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in flames; ablaze
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deeply aroused, as with passion
he was aflame with desire
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(of the face) red or inflamed
Etymology
Origin of aflame
Example Sentences
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When a SpaceX rocket failure set the skies aflame over western Europe last February, no-one was sure if the debris was also polluting our atmosphere.
From BBC
When firefighters arrive at the scene, they put out several fireworks that appeared to be aflame on the ground.
From Los Angeles Times
Everything she and Clara had so carefully curated over nearly seventy years was aflame, already beyond rescuing.
From Literature
By the time firefighters arrived six minutes later, several structures — a mobile home, a carport, three vehicles, two other outbuildings and a large pine tree — were already aflame, the city department said in a release.
From Los Angeles Times
Video footage of the plane’s takeoff showed the General Electric engine aflame before the jet crashed in an industrial area just beyond the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.
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