ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) wants to start her grill (灬) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) with gasoline. As she ignites the liquid Gabriel (列) jumps in and saves her at the last moment from the fierce (烈) fireball.

烈 character breakdown

to arrange / to line up / file / series / (in data tables) column / (Tw) row

= + : Mnemonic symbol: archangel Gabriel, 加百列.

The apocalypse has come, and archangel Gabriel (列) came down from heaven with his list (列) of people who are accepted. In the elevator's bathroom (e4) he tells Li Qingzhao (li) that she's on his list, and he tells the wicked witch (歹) that she's not. The wicked witch freaks out and takes Li Qingzhao as her hostage holding a kitchen knife (刂) to Qingzhao's throat.
"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc

I will represent this "fire" component by a grill.

Characters with 烈 as component

烈 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 烈

violent; acute; severe; fierce
violent / acute / severe / fierce
sacrifice oneself for one's country / martyr
resolute and upright in character / unyielding / staunch
(of a widow) faithful to the death to her husband's memory
earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)

Sentences with 烈

烈 currently does not appear in any sentence.