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Catch fire Moderate

Catch fire has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

start to burn or burst into flames

"Marsh gases ignited suddenly"

"The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

2

To become engulfed in flames, to combust.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change state
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
blow out catch light up
Rhyming Words
ire aire sire lire dire gire cire pire mire tire vire eire wire hire fire geire noire swire twire adire
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