Flame
Flame verb - To be on fire especially brightly.
Usage example: guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace
Both words in one sentence
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In 1982's one-shot all-humor issue The Fantastic Four Roast, Spider-Man asks Johnny "The Human Torch" Storm to turn off his flame as it was getting a little too warm.
Source: Getting Hot in Here -
Dark has stolen Rayman's fist and has him trapped between two pillars of fire, and is just about to roast him, when two Electoons fly in and drop Rayman's fist to him, canceling out the flame and getting Rayman ready for the real battle.
Source: Video Game / Rayman (1995) -
Kill It with Fire: The BBQ Weapons Pack DLC offers flame based weapons to roast your enemies with, such as a flamethrower, molotovs cocktails, incendiary shotgun ammo, and incidental grenade launcher ammo.
Source: Video Game / PAYDAY 2
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