Burn and Spark

Burn

Burn verb - To be on fire especially brightly.

Usage example: all evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn

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Spark and burn are semantically related in burst into flame topic. In some cases you can use "Spark" instead a verb "Burn".

Nearby Words: burning, burned, burnt, burnout, burner

Spark verb - To give off sparks.

Usage example: the broken radio sparked and smoked the instant it was plugged in

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Burn and spark are semantically related in burst into flame topic. Sometimes you can use "Burn" instead a verb "Spark".

Nearby Words: sparkle, sparkling, sparked, sparkled, sparky

The merest touch of a flame, spark, or other source of ignition will set it ablaze, and it will never burn itself out but continue burning indefinitely, usually setting anything else it comes into contact with on fire with similar alacrity.

Source: Made of Incendium
You will spark and burn, ravage and destroy.

Source: Literature / An Ember In The Ashes
In Great Teacher Onizuka, the eponymous Onizuka once described love as "That magical spark between two people that you hope won't start a fire and burn them both to death."

Source: Metaphorgotten

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