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bonfire

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1. bonfire - Noun

2. bonfire - Verb

Meaning

A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Real zeal is standing still and letting God be a bonfire in you. Catherine Doherty

I stand entwined in fire on the inextinguishable bonfire of inconceivable love. Daniel Handler

This used to be about sex. The literature of my people was pornography, filled with cries for mercy, drama enacted on people without prolonged negotiation, partners engaged in a dance in the middle of a bonfire. Now, it's 300-page manuals about how to make sure nothing bad will happen. Laura Antoniou

Imagine the books burning. And tapes and films and files, radios and televisions, will all go into that same bonfire. All those libraries and bookstores blazing away in the night. People will attack microwave relay stations. People with axes will chop every fiber-optic cable. Chuck Palahniuk

Building a little bonfire at night on the beach and lying on a blanket with my wife under the stars is not only sexy, it's romantic. Benjamin Bratt

Never watch a bonfire wearing a straw coat. Japanese Proverb

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