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as in glowed
to be on fire especially brightly
guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace
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as in erupted
to develop suddenly and violently
my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up
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as in burned
to shine with a bright harsh light
the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers
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as in gleamed
to shoot forth bursts of light
the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights
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Recent Examples of flamed
Finish with a cremaet, Valencian coffee flamed with rum infused with lemon and cinnamon.
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Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Look for notes of cherry, brown sugar, black pepper, pipe tobacco, leather, and flamed orange peel.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2025
But in a twist, at the end of the first episode, Luke flamed up and flew into the sky, committing suicide by using his powers and exploding.
—Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Look for notes of cherry, brown sugar, black pepper, pipe tobacco, leather, and flamed orange peel.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2025
But in a twist, at the end of the first episode, Luke flamed up and flew into the sky, committing suicide by using his powers and exploding.
—Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flamed
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Even from a boat, the gleaming white of bleached and dead corals glowed from beneath the surface.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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The ground cover glowed gold and red.—
Gloria Liu,
Outside Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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When Posa slammed Washington quarterback Demond Williams to the ground for a game-clincher on fourth-and-6, some 70,000 fans erupted as if thawed from a long freeze.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Footage of the crash showed a towering wave of smoke and flames billowing skyward near the airport after the low-flying plane struggled to climb and then erupted into an enormous fireball on impact.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Palisades fire burned for 24 days, destroying more than 6,800 structures, damaging countless others and forcing most of the neighborhood’s residents to move elsewhere.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Brown, who was beaten with metal poles, bitten and burned with cigarettes, had his front teeth ripped out with pliers, prosecutors said.—
Muri Assuncao,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The china gleamed, the Waterford sparkled, and the silver was polished.—
Peter Folan,
Boston Herald,
27 Nov. 2025
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Voukenas Petrides’s Split Tube Chair Also at Gallery FUMI, Greek designer duo Voukenas Petrides’s Split Tube Chair gleamed from the floor.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
24 Nov. 2025
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Horrific escape As smoke filled the lounge and the fire blazed, partygoers rushed toward a narrow staircase.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
2 Jan. 2026
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The rings are ripples created when a small blue dwarf galaxy—visible to the left of LEDA 1313424 in Hubble’s image—blazed through the Bullseye’s heart about 50 million years ago.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
22 Dec. 2025
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The Green Wave exploded on offense to take a 35-17 lead over the Tigers at halftime.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled its second Focus program for the 55th edition, turning the spotlight on Japan’s V-Cinema — the direct-to-video movement that exploded in the late 1980s and profoundly shaped the country’s contemporary film culture.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Just inside the front door of a Circle K convenience store, the district manager glared at a small kiosk.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
17 Dec. 2025
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New Amy spent the first season being glared at by most of the staff, because Old Amy was 10 times worse than that colleague who keeps reheating fish in the microwave.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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And his feel and vision on the puck flashed.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The lookalike duo flashed their identical warm smiles while attending the Mothers & Daughters 4 Choice event back in '94.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Flamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flamed. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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