Elan
Elan noun - Enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness.
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Fire and elan are semantically related in enthusiasm topic. In some cases you can use "Fire" instead a noun "Elan".
Nearby Word: Elana
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- What finally convinces Elan that he's genuinely, properly Evil and not just a benevolent tyrant is when he crushes a Slave Revolt, crucifies the escapees and sets them on fire.
Source: Crushing the Populace -
In The Order of the Stick, Elan's father shows him a hillside with dots of fire spelling out his name (which are actually prisoners that tried to escape and ended being burned alive as a result).
Source: Signs of Disrepair -
General Tarquin tied dozens of slaves to stakes and set them on fire just to form a giant flaming "ELAN" for his son's party.
Source: Moral Event Horizon / Web Comics
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