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What is another word for be alight?

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Verb
To catch fire, or to be on fire
flame
burn
blaze
combust
flare
glow
smoulderUK
smolderUS
be ablaze
be aflame
catch fire
be in flames
be on fire
burn up
burst into flames
fire up
flare up
burn violently
burst into flame
be afire
be ardent
go up in flames
ignite
enkindle
light
enflame
fire
inflame
carbonizeUS
carboniseUK
go up
explode
rage
blaze up
kindle
incinerate
toast
scorch
roast
torch
conflagrate
smoke
cremate
melt
broil
touch off
parch
set alight
rekindle
heat
gut
consume
set burning
set fire to
bake
wither
set light to
go up in smoke
burn to the ground
burn down
reduce to ashes
burn to a crisp
set on fire
put a match to
burn away
set a match to
destroy by fire
light up
sear
set ablaze
shrivel
start
desiccate
spark
dry up
char
catch
catch light
go off
dehydrate
dry
destroy
exsiccate
spark off
scald
put match to
blow up
flame up
dry out
take fire
get going
set aflame
strike
ire
singe
induce
strike up
immolate
firebomb
lick
fume
frazzle
oxidizeUS
oxidiseUK
wrinkle
consume by fire
become ignited
start burning
burst out
burn unsteadily
erupt
catch on fire
frizzle
put to the torch
start a fire
get started
begin to burn
evaporate
burn without flames
radiate heat
set afire
stale
set fire
devastate
annihilate
demolish
ravage
be set off
wreck
ruin
raze
detonate
harden
extinguish
wipe out
lay waste
start up
fan the flames of
“For a moment, Anna's face would be alight with sunshine, and then the next a shadow of leaves would be cast over it, before it opened into sunlight again.”
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