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Adjective: in flames
  1. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame
    "forests set in flames by lightning"
    - ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, on fire, burning
Verb: inflame  in'fleym
  1. Cause inflammation in
    "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"
     
  2. Catch fire
    "The dried grass of the prairie inflamed, spreading the flames for miles"
    - kindle
     
  3. Cause to start burning
    "The setting sun inflamed the sky with oranges and reds"
    - kindle, enkindle, conflagrate
     
  4. Arouse or excite feelings and passions
    "The refugees' fate inflamed compassion around the world"
    - stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up
     
  5. Become inflamed; get sore
    "His throat inflamed"

See also: inflammation, inflammatory, lighted, lit

Type of: aggravate, arouse, decline, elicit, enkindle, evoke, exacerbate, exasperate, fire, flare up, ignite, kindle, light, provoke, raise, worsen

Encyclopedia: In flames

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in due time
in earnest
in effect
in essence
in everyone's thoughts
in evidence
in extremis
in fact
in fiscal matters
in flagrante delicto
in flames
in flight
in for
in force
in front
in full
in full action
in full swing
in full view
in gear
in general