as in to burn
to set (something) on fire
see if you can enkindle some paper in the fireplace while I look for logs
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Verb
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Thick smoke of burning incense penetrates the room, perfuming everything sacred.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Sep. 2023 -
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
Verb
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Garland, of all people, jabbed at Calvin Pickard when the Oilers goalie had the puck covered midway through the second period, which ignited a scrum behind the net.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Today’s great photo is from Times photographer Wally Skalij at the scene of the Hughes fire, which ignited Wednesday morning north of Castaic.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Australia’s primary legacy on Bougainville is Panguna, a colossal, open-pit copper and gold mine that, while dormant, is still one of the largest on earth, and whose controversial operation kindled the Bougainvillean uprising.—
Sean Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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Tunisians have tried to protest Saied’s authoritarianism, kindling hope among observers that the country might return to its democratizing trajectory.—
Sarah E. Yerkes,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Nov. 2024
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The fire scorched three acres and is threatening structures, according to officials. Zones 1894-A,1975-B and 1895 are under mandatory evacuation, according to the city.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Roughly 40,500 acres, much of which is made up of the acres scorched in the Palisades Fire (23,713) and the Eaton Fire (14,021), according to Cal Fire.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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With frozen shoulder, this capsule first becomes inflamed and thickened, which leads to stiffness and pain.—
Amy Norton,
SELF,
29 Jan. 2025
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About 140 law enforcement officers were injured during the riot, which had been inflamed in large part by Trump’s false claims of election fraud.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The bar was illumined by candles and an uplit line of mostly esoteric liquors along the full-length mirror against the back wall.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2024
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In a room illumined by the light of a few candles, a group of women with veils over their faces conducts a séance.—
Rhoda Feng,
ARTnews.com,
9 Aug. 2024
Verb
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Nothing lights her fire more than an emotionally intelligent man.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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The climate crisis is pouring gasoline on these blazes, but the Mafia may be lighting the spark, according to new research.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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This is part of the GOP's plot to keep the rubes enflamed while the party continues to cut taxes for the billionaires and sets its sights on Social Security and Medicare.—
Randy Dotinga,
Washington Post,
24 June 2023
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Others laws have enflamed fears of censorship, too.—
Douglas Soule,
USA TODAY,
17 May 2023
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