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Flare

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

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Broader term 22

Aerial 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regi…

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Beam 76% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Burn 76% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Combust 76% connected

Burnt; consumed.

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Deepen 76% connected

To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Ebullition 76% connected

A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.

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Effusion 76% connected

The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Flame 76% connected

A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

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Flaming 76% connected

of Flame

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Fly 76% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Gush 76% connected

To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.

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Intensify 76% connected

To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

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Outburst 76% connected

A bursting forth.

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Reflection 76% connected

The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.

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Reflexion 76% connected

See Reflection.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Shine 76% connected

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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Widen 76% connected

To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.

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Narrower term 1

Fusee 76% connected

A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.

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Derivationally related 2

Flame 74% connected

A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

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Flame 74% connected

A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

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See also 2

Blaze 66% connected

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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Blaze 66% connected

A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame.

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Synonym 3

Erupt 92% connected

To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.

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Flame 92% connected

A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

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Flash 92% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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