List of antonyms from "catastrophe" to antonyms from "catch in the act"


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Definition of the day : « catch fire »

  • As in combust : verb burn
  • As in ignite : verb set on fire
Example sentences :
  • If your own clothing should catch fire do not run for help as this will fan the flames.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • Care must be taken that the turpentine shall not catch fire.
  • Extract from : « Mission Furniture » by H. H. Windsor
  • The canvas was liable to catch fire on the smallest provocation.
  • Extract from : « A Padre in France » by George A. Birmingham
  • Green and wet as these are, they at once catch fire and flame up like kindling-wood.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Fire » by Mayne Reid
  • If they hit the machine it is bound to catch fire and then the jig is up.
  • Extract from : « Outwitting the Hun » by Pat O'Brien
  • As the door closed on them Miss Fountain's face seemed to catch fire.
  • Extract from : « Love Me Little, Love Me Long » by Charles Reade
  • This is like tinder and is liable to catch fire from burning particles of powder.
  • Extract from : « Automatic Pistol Shooting » by Walter Winans
  • The coal will catch fire and burn after the waste has been consumed.
  • Extract from : « Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting » by Harold P. Manly
  • One by one, as they took their orders, the signallers seemed to catch fire.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of the Shroud » by Bram Stoker
  • As he touched it, it caught fire; indeed, by touching it he caused it to catch fire.
  • Extract from : « Beatrice » by H. Rider Haggard