afire
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| —adv, —adj | |
| 1. | on fire; ablaze |
| 2. | intensely interested or passionate: he was afire with enthusiasm for the new plan |
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Afire
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Example sentences
Recently they set a school afire and then attacked the firemen who came to extinguish the fire.
The explosion knocked him unconscious and set him afire.
He was still silent but began at once to erect a heap of dry sticks which he presently set afire.
The incident involved afire, radioactive materials, and a total of three casualties.
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