Verb: conflagrate
- Start to burn or burst into flames
"Marsh gases conflagrated suddenly";
- erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust
- Cause to start burning
"The arsonist conflagrated the abandoned building";
- kindle, enkindle [literary], inflame
Derived forms: conflagrating, conflagrated, conflagrates
Type of: change state, ignite, light, turn
Encyclopedia: Conflagrate