inflame
verb (used with object)
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
have inflamed
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present perfectof inflame.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But differences of opinion over SCiLL have inflamed the broader UNC campus, where pushback is palpable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
About half will have inflamed joints, which cause pain and are associated with significant joint damage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2023
The arrests have inflamed an already tense situation: For months, law enforcement officials have been cracking down on protests against the training center.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Relentlessly rising rents, eight consecutive interest rate hikes, surging living costs and devastating natural disasters in the past few years have inflamed what was already among the world's least affordable rental markets.
From Reuters ● Dec. 19, 2022
The baiting he received from patriotic advocates may have inflamed his temper and made him irritable.
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald
