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- verb intransitive To burn brightly again.
- verb intransitive To become more intense suddenly.
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- access
- bake
- be angry
- be excitable
- be in heat
- belch
- bellow
- blaze
- blaze of temper
- blaze up
- bloom
- blow a gasket
- blow up
- blowup
- bob up
- boil
- boil over
- break forth
- bristle
- broil
- burn
- burst
- burst forth
- cascade
- catch fire
- catch the infection
- choke
- combust
- come apart
- convulsion
- cook
- cyclone
- debouch
- debouchment
- deflagration
- dissiliency
- eructation
- erupt
- eruption
- excite easily
- explode
- explosion
- fire up
- fit
- flame
- flame up
- flare
- flash
- flash fire
- flash up
- flicker
- flip
- flush
- fry
- fume
- gale
- gasp
- get excited
- gleam
- glow
- go into hysterics
- gush
- gust
- have a tantrum
- high words
- hit the ceiling
- hurricane
- ignite
- incandesce
- irrupt
- irruption
- jet
- kindle
- outbreak
- outburst
- pant
- parch
- paroxysm
- pop up
- radiate heat
- rage
- ramp
- rant
- rant and rave
- rapids
- rave
- roast
- run a temperature
- rush
- sally
- scald
- scene
- scorch
- seethe
- seizure
- shimmer with heat
- simmer
- smolder
- smother
- spark
- spasm
- spate
- spew
- spring up
- spunk up
- spurt
- start up
- steam
- stew
- stifle
- storm
- suffocate
- sweat
- swelter
- take fire
- tempest
- toast
- tornado
- torrent
- turn a hair
- upheaval
- volcan
- whirlwind
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