infuriate
verb (used with object)
to make furious; enrage.
had infuriated
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past perfectof infuriate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Anthropic had infuriated Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth by insisting the technology should not be used for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons systems.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Abeer Barakat, a Palestinian teacher in Gaza City, told the BBC she believed Trump's plan was "impossible to achieve" but that it had infuriated people.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025
Laura Yu, a Beijing-based lawyer originally from Tangshan, said the video had infuriated her.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
He said he was relaxed and waved off speculation the Bahrain result had infuriated him.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Everything that had infuriated her about Izzy, even before she’d taken her first breath, had been rooted in that one fear, that she might lose her.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
