baking

verb

present participle of bake
as in lighting

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  1. lighting
  2. igniting
  3. kindling
  4. incinerating
Verb
  • The Martin Fire, which started east of Bellevue on July 9, was sparked when an adult white male was lighting fireworks with his children, according to the news release.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026
  • The brand equity that shop spent decades building is precisely the asset the buyer paid for, so painting over it would be lighting money on fire.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 23 July 2026
Definition of lighting
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  • Rich silver veins had been discovered in 1879, igniting a 14-year mining boom.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 July 2026
  • An intervention would risk shattering Lebanon, igniting sectarian strife, and further destabilizing the entire region, potentially undermining Sharaa's government.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of igniting
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  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Photography arrived, kindling an enthusiasm that Baudelaire, ever the cynic, compared to a lust for pornography.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of kindling
Verb
  • Season 2 saw Aemond purposefully incinerating his brother, leaving him badly burned, and decimating the Riverlands while on Vhagar.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Today’s severe fires can change a landscape for centuries by killing most or all of the trees, baking the soil, incinerating the seeds and leaving large open areas that cannot easily recover, Williams said.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
Definition of incinerating
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