Olympic flame
Noun
Meaning
Olympic flame (plural Olympic flames)
A flame which is the symbol of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Examples
He was joined beneath the 1996 Olympic flame in Atlanta by Georgia Democratic Senate candidates, Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock.
Huge crowds have turned out to see the Olympic Flame when it was put on display at Sendai railway station in the Japanese prefecture of Miyagi in spite of advice not to congregate.
The Olympic flame, after a stumbling journey, finally reached Japan, symbolizing a small victory for the IOC and Olympic organizers.
The Olympic Flame is due to go on display in Tokyo next month.
TOKYO — The Olympic flame will be on display until the end of April in Japan’s northeastern prefecture of Fukushima.
With its afterburner firing, an F-111 airplane roars over Olympic Stadium as the Olympic flame is extinguished during closing ceremonies at the Summer Olympics in Sydney.