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inflame
[in-fleym]
verb (used with object)
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
to arouse to a high degree of passion or feeling.
His harangue inflamed the rabble.
Antonyms: ,to incite or rouse, as to violence.
His words inflamed the angry mob to riot.
(of an emotion, as rage) to cause to redden or grow heated.
Uncontrollable rage inflamed his face.
to cause inflammation in.
Her eyes were inflamed with crying.
to raise (the blood, bodily tissue, etc.) to a morbid or feverish heat.
to set aflame, ablaze, or afire; set on fire.
to redden with or as with flames.
The setting sun inflames the sky.
verb (used without object)
to burst into flame; take fire.
to be kindled, as passion.
to become hot with passion, as the heart.
to become excessively affected with inflammation.
inflame
/ ɪˈڱɪ /
verb
to arouse or become aroused to violent emotion
(tr) to increase or intensify; aggravate
to produce inflammation in (a tissue, organ, or part) or (of a tissue, etc) to become inflamed
to set or be set on fire; kindle
(tr) to cause to redden
Other 51Թ Forms
- inflamedness noun
- inflamer noun
- inflamingly adverb
- reinflame verb
- uninflamed adjective
- ˈڱ noun
- ˈڱԲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The deployment “continues to inflame the situation on the ground, and undermines the constitutional balance of power between the federal government and the states,” the letter read.
Even so, the anxiety the review has injected into the relationship is going to be hard to erase completely – and has only inflamed disagreements over Aukus in Australia.
“This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation … . Anxiety for families and friends ramped up. Protests started again … . Several dozen lawbreakers became violent and destructive.”
Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill has accused a Stormont minister of "inflaming tensions" over recent trouble and urged him to resign.
Parks, a Democrat, argued that the lack of federal communication with California and Los Angeles officials inflamed the situation by creating a lag in local law enforcement response that made the situation worse.
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