Usually means: Ignite or set on fire.
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  1. conflagrate: Merriam-Webster
  2. conflagrate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. conflagrate: Vocabulary.com
  4. conflagrate: Wordnik
  5. conflagrate: Wiktionary
  6. conflagrate: Dictionary.com
  7. Conflagrate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. conflagrate: Rhymezone
  9. conflagrate: FreeDictionary.org
  10. conflagrate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. conflagrate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. conflagrate: Encyclopedia

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  1. conflagrate: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (conflagrate)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To catch fire.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To set fire to something.

Similar:
catch fire, fire, combust, catch on fire, take fire, self-ignite, atend, bonfire, blaze, go up in flames, more...

Opposite:
extinguish, quench, smother, douse

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Similar:
catch fire, fire, combust, catch on fire, take fire, self-ignite, atend, bonfire, blaze, go up in flames, more...

Opposite:
extinguish, quench, smother, douse



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