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Flame is a related term of fulmination.


As a verb flame

is .

As a noun fulmination is

the act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.

flame

English

(wikipedia flame)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
  • *
  • *:Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
  • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame .}}
  • A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
  • *(Thackeray)
  • (lb) Intentionally insulting criticism or remark meant to incite anger.
  • A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
  • The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
  • :
  • Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:in a flame of zeal severe
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow
  • *(Coleridge)
  • Derived terms

    * aflame * flame-arc lamp * flame bait * flame carbon * flame cell * flame gun * flame nettle * flame of the forest * flame-out, flameout * flameproof * flame-retardant * flame spread * flame test * flame-thrower * flame tree * flame war * go up in flames * inflame * old flame * Taiwan flamecrest

    Verb

    (flam)
  • To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again.
  • To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
  • * Macaulay
  • He flamed with indignation.
  • (Internet, ambitransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
  • I flamed him for spamming in my favourite newsgroup.

    Derived terms

    * flamer * flaming

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a brilliant reddish orange-gold colour, like that of a flame.
  • See also

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    fulmination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
  • The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
  • *1919 , H. L. Mencken, The American Language ,
  • *:It is curious, reading the fulminations of American purists of the last generation, to note how many of the Americanisms they denounced have not only got into perfectly good usage at home but even broken down all guards across the ocean.
  • That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.