Collocations for flame - noun

hot | small | bright | pale | dancing, flickering, leaping | steady | naked
Never smoke or use spray paint near a naked flame.

candle, gas | Olympic

ball, sheet, tongue
The plane crashed in a ball of flames. | Sheets of flame shot into the air.

ignite, spark
(often figurative) His childhood interest in the game had ignited a flame of passion for football.

rekindle
(often figurative) They tried to rekindle the flames of romance.

douse, extinguish, quench, snuff (out) | feel
(often figurative) She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.

burn
The flame burnt brightly.

grow | die, go out
The candle flame flickered and went out.

leap, rise, shoot
Flames leapt from the burning house. | Flames shot high into the air.

lick (sth)
Orange flames were already licking round the foot of the stairs.

dance, flicker
Flames danced in the gas lantern.

thrower
The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.

the crackle of flames 2 flames
fire

roaring

be engulfed in, be in
A large part of the building was in flames.

go up in
All the historical records have gone up in flames (= have been destroyed by fire).

burst into, erupt in, explode in/into
The helicopter burst into flames.

fuel
Oxygen tanks fuelled the flames.

fan
Winds fanned the flames.

shoot sb/sth down in
The aircraft was shot down in flames.

fight
He fought the flames for two hours.

control
Firefighters have been trying to control the flames.

douse, extinguish, put out, quench, smother
Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.

be beaten back by
They tried to get into to the house but were beaten back by the flames.

die down | spread, sweep through sth
They watched the flames sweep through the old wooden barn.

engulf sth
The flames quickly spread and engulfed their home.

light sth (up)
The flames lit up the skyline.