On Fire (Adjective)
Meaning
Lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The towering inferno left several buildings on fire, blocking the emergency escape route.
- Huge crowds of rioters swarmed through the city streets, smashing store windows and leaving vehicles on fire in their wake.
- Densely packed villages went on fire instantly when troops, caught by surprise in open spaces, counterattacked using cannonballs set alight by cannon heaters.
- Heavy crosswinds exacerbated the growing emergency when entire areas became blanketed in flammable gasoline droplets leaving countless sections on fire for minutes.
- Spectators watched in awe as sky lanterns soared upwards with several that actually drifted back onto the bunting and left some areas on fire.