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verb

To come to rest on the ground:

land, light2, set down, settle, touch down. See move
phrasal verb
alight on or upon
(Archaic)

To find or meet by chance:

bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on. Idiom: meet up with. See meet

adjective

On fire:

ablaze, afire, aflame, burning, conflagrant, fiery, flaming. Idioms: in a blaze, in flames. See hot

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