Fiery
Fiery adjective - Being on fire.
Usage example: the fiery Yule log made a splendid backdrop for our holiday party
Lit
Lit adjective - Being on fire.
Usage example: some lighted torches lined the path to the shrine
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Sanity Slippage: A woman in one episode of of Fukatomori really didn't take it very well when her beloved son died in a fiery motorcycle crash on a poorly-lit street.
Source: Anime / Hell Girl - It spread like wildfire into the night and lit the walls of drifting clouds, previously invisible, with a fiery haze.
Source: Literature / Gives Light -
Ben lured Vilgax to the sewers where his dad (Who had recently learned Ben's secret) lit a flammable substance and, after Ben turned into XLR8 and got him and his dad out, Vilgax was left to be caught in the fiery explosion.
Source: Implacable Man
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