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• burn: be on fire.
  Help! My house is burning!
  
  
• catch fire: start burning.
  Help! My house has caught fire!
  
  
• flicker: burn unsteadily.
  The candle flickered in the wind.
  
  
• smoulder: burn slowly without flames.
  The cigarette smouldered in the ashtray.
  
  
• flare: burn brightly but unsteadily or briefly.
  The match flared in the darkness.
  
  
• flame: burn in flames.
  The fire flamed up when he put oil on it.
  
  
• blaze: burn brightly and fiercely.
  When the firemen arrived, the whole house was blazing.
  
  
• rage: burn very strongly.
  The fire raged through the forest for days.
  
  
• smoke: give out smoke.
  The fireplace smokes too much.
  
  
• brand: burn a mark on something.
  Cattle are usually brandred on big farms.
  
  
• scorch: burn or discolour a surface by dry heat.
  She scorched my shirt when she was ironing it.

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