enflame
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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The concern is that an escalating conflict here will further enflame ethnic tensions in Ethiopia, and could also fuel instability in Sudan and Eritrea.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2021
Jay-Z’s producer says he doesn’t want to enflame tensions between Donald Trump and Jay-Z.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2018
His straight-faced commitment to his film’s central conceit would feel silly and self-important if it weren’t shared by his cast, and the fearless performances of Ineson and Dickie enflame our fears.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2016
“Anything that tries to solve an issue in Northern Ireland, to put a salve on it, tends to enflame the situation,” he said.
From Newsweek ● Jul. 16, 2013
I was loth to smoother such fire in my brest; but to vent it, to enflame others.
From A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich by Ward, Samuel
When rookie Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki signed with the Dodgers this offseason, it enflamed the external worries about their hoarding of talent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
If you’re unfamiliar with Finale, you may have trouble understanding why a program for placing musical notes on staffs has enflamed such passions.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2024
The strike has enflamed Arab governments and groups in the region.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2023
Lee’s death further enflamed debate over public safety in San Francisco and its moribund downtown, which has not yet bounced back from the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
The mass shifted and moaned, and, my curiosity enflamed to no small degree, I asked my mentor, “What is it?” and he replied, “It is John Withers, a Customs Inspector.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ran the risk of enflaming public outrage.
From Slate ● May 13, 2019
Cleveland also might wish to think twice about enflaming Andre Iguodala, as if he wasn't already on fire!
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2016
He had celebrated Lampard's opener with gusto, enflaming the fans' ire in the process, but No 200 was a goal worth acclaiming.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2013
"Someone has been telling you tales about me," said Flamby, an ominous scarlet enflaming her cheeks.
From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax
Now they could not come together nor speak one to another, but either their Lord was with them, or they had heart enflaming tidings from him.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
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