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Flaming

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈfleɪmɪŋ

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames.
  3. Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
  4. Vitriolic criticism.

Equivalents

Españolllameante
Portuguêsflamejante
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Examples

The burning is done before the crop has come up, and usually two flamings are necessary to kill all weeds […]”
You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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