flaming
/ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ noun C2- An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames.
- Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
- Vitriolic criticism. · You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.
Plural flamings
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de Bonaparte; do not conceal anything, however serious,—let us see, the Island of Elba is a volcano, and we may expect to have issuing thence flaming and bristling war—bella, horrida bella.”
“I cannot see that there is anything very funny,” cried our client, flushing up to the roots of his flaming head.
But, to be sure, the good lady who showed us the house did give him a most flaming character!
In that gloomy tunnel it must indeed have been a dreadful sight to see that huge black creature, with its flaming jaws and blazing eyes, bounding after its victim.
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