burst/explode into flames

idiom

: to suddenly begin burning
The engine burst/exploded into flames.

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The ad hoc rescuer then dragged the man a few feet away and protected him as the car burst into flames intense enough to burn the sign it was wedged against. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025 On May 26, a 39-foot Sea Ray burst into flames in the Intracoastal Waterway, near the large sandbar by the New River. Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025 Both vehicles burst into flames, and Moreno, along with six people from China, Italy and California, were killed. Michael Dorgan , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025 The San Diego Medical Examiner confirmed that 41-year-old Dominic Christopher Damian and 24-year-old Kendall Fortner were among the six people aboard a Cessna 550 jet that crash and burst into flames early Thursday morning in dense fog near Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for burst/explode into flames

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“Burst/explode into flames.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burst%2Fexplode%20into%20flames. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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