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noun the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
verb shine with a sudden light
verb be in flames or aflame
originFrom the German surname for someone from Flanders, from Middle High German vlaeminc, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz. See Flanders, Fleming, and the variant Flemming.
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