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  • noun Plural form of flame.
  • verb third person singular form of flame

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Examples

  • The basic message of "Be open-minded and accepting, and if you dissagree with the filmmakers you are a Nazi who deserves a merciless death in flames" is ...

    Catching Up on SciFi Movies (Part 5) 2009

  • With each fire, the object that goes up in flames is closer and closer to his personal life.

    Up the Down Elevator 2008

  • I didn't stop worrying about going up in flames from a stray spark until I got home and washed my hair multiple times!

    Archive 2007-02-01 Anne-Marie 2007

  • I didn't stop worrying about going up in flames from a stray spark until I got home and washed my hair multiple times!

    Soapmaking DVD's are here Anne-Marie 2007

  • There is no wonder the Republican party is going down in flames .....

    Florida GOP chair: Obama trying to 'indoctrinate' children 2009

  • Scum bag RNC/GOP going down in flames ... they are disgusting and shameless ... jennifer

    GOP turns tables on Democrats 2009

  • Though the cover showed Toro alongside his mentor, there was no blurb to identify him as a teenager, and it's really hard to tell one person engulfed in flames from another.

    The Other Boy Wonders of 1940 2009

  • Once a politician like her starts to go down in flames there's nothing to stop her decent but the big bang at the bottom.

    Begala calls Palin 'about half a whack job' 2009

  • Though the cover showed Toro alongside his mentor, there was no blurb to identify him as a teenager, and it's really hard to tell one person engulfed in flames from another.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • In June 2006 — before Northern Rock crashed in flames — the Bank of England briefed journalists that High Street lenders did not have enough in the kitty to balance their books.

    The Sun may be about to swap sides in preparation for the next election Not a sheep 2009

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