(~s, flaming, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a hot bright stream of burning gas that comes from something that is burning.
The heat from the ~s was so intense that roads melted.
...a huge ball of ~.
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2.
A ~ is an e-mail message which severely criticizes or attacks someone. (COMPUTING INFORMAL)
The best way to respond to a ~ is to ignore it.
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Flame is also a verb.
Ever been ~d?
VERB: V n
3.
see also flaming , old ~
4.
If something bursts into ~s or bursts into ~, it suddenly starts burning strongly.
She managed to scramble out of the vehicle as it burst into ~s.
PHRASE: V inflects
5.
If someone or something fans the ~s of a situation or feeling, usually a bad one, they make it more intense or extreme in some way.
He accused the Tories of ‘fanning the ~s of extremism’.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
If something goes up in ~s, it starts to burn strongly and is destroyed.
Fires broke out everywhere, the entire city went up in ~s.
PHRASE: V inflects
7.
Something that is in ~s is on fire.
PHRASE: v-link PHR