Usually means: Intense, hostile online argument exchange.
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  1. flame war: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. flame war: Collins English Dictionary
  3. flame war: Wiktionary
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  5. Flame war: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  2. flame war: Netlingo
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  4. Flame War: ILC Internet Terms
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Definitions from Wiktionary (flame war)

▸ noun:  (Internet) An argument consisting entirely or largely of flames by various parties that serve only to escalate the dispute.

Similar:
flamewar, flamebait, flame bait, flamer, counterflame, war of words, fray, firestorm, flamemail, crossfire, more...

Opposite:
harmony, peaceful discussion, civil discourse

Phrases:
it might be part of a flame war, more...

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Similar:
flamewar, flamebait, flame bait, flamer, counterflame, war of words, fray, firestorm, flamemail, crossfire, more...

Opposite:
harmony, peaceful discussion, civil discourse

Phrases:
it might be part of a flame war, more...



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