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flame

Angry public or private e-mail or other message. Users of the Internet use flames to express disapproval of breaches of netiquette or the voicing of an unpopular opinion. An offensive message posted to, for example, a bulletin board, will cause those offended to flame the culprit. Such flames maintain a level of discipline among the Internet's users.



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WHEN I was a child, one of my favorite books was called ``Catastrophes,'' a coffee-table softcover with a huge picture of the Hindenburg bursting into flames gracing the cover.
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And of course, for curators, there are all the electric motors and electromagnets: devices that need a good deal of attention, and which are prone to stopping unpredictably and occasionally emitting sparks and bursting into flames.
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