enkindle

verb

in-ˈkin-dᵊl How to pronounce enkindle (audio)
Definition of enkindlenext
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enkindle
  1. burn
  2. ignite
  3. kindle
  4. scorch
  5. inflame
  6. illumine
  7. light
  8. enflame
Verb
  • 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
Definition of burn
Verb
  • The video has gained significant attention online, amassing over 1.2 million views and igniting spirited discussions online.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In fact, Wall Street fears Trump may even ignite the next bout of inflation due to his profligate fiscal proposals.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of ignite
Verb
  • But the couple must also kindle something together.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Tanton kindles a small fire of twigs inside a metal pitcher, while expounding for the camera about ecology and overpopulation.
    Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of kindle
Verb
  • In New York City, brush fires scorched parts of Prospect and Inwood Hill parks over the past week.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • But the music and dance numbers don’t leave much of an impression, except one in which Saldaña scorches things up in a restaurant and another when Selena Gomez, as Emilia’s wife Jessi, sings and dances in a bedroom.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of scorch
Verb
  • Moreover, a potential global trade war under a Trump presidency could inflame inflationary pressures at a time when the Federal Reserve has spent more than two years putting out the fire.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The actions have further inflamed tensions in the region — already destabilized by Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza — and has resulted in the deaths of numerous Lebanese armed forces members.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of inflame
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of illumine
Verb
  • With confetti colors and an appealing blocky design (buffered by rounded edges), these statement pieces are easy to clean and light enough to be moved from playroom to patio without a hitch.
    Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The tree lighting, led by Santa and local dignitaries, will follow.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of light
Verb
  • 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
  • Others laws have enflamed fears of censorship, too.
    Douglas Soule, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
Definition of enflame
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