ENKINDLED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

enkindled

verb

past tense of enkindle

as in burned

to set (something) on fire see if you can enkindle some paper in the fireplace while I look for logs

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The pentobarbital didn’t kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were burned and blistered from the caustic drugs.

— Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
This made the level of destruction Turner witnessed in 2017 even more shocking — especially as the area had burned before without this level of loss.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

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Now that fall is on the horizon, hope has been kindled for abundant rainfall.

— Robert Klose, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
As the current Cartoonist Laureate of the state, she has been highly engaged in Vermont culture and history, and says her interest in this couple was kindled by Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, director of Vermont Humanities, who encouraged her to tell their story.

— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

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More election news The battle for Nancy Pelosi’s seat has ignited a bitter San Francisco Democratic showdown.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
As is usually the case with ocean splashdowns, the rocket tipped over, fell onto its side and exploded as residual propellants ignited.

— William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

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Characters come alive with desire, as if lit from within by candles.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
This adds together exposures taken over just 30 minutes on an early June night when, from my latitude of 51° N satellites even in low Earth orbit are lit all night by sunlight.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

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The Hugging Face incident was a high-profile breach that inflamed the safety concerns about AI, which were followed by similar actions involving OpenAI’s models including breaching an Australian health department website.

— Kelvin Chan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
The Hugging Face incident was a high-profile breach that inflamed the safety concerns about AI, which were followed by similar rogue actions involving OpenAI's models including breaching an Australian health department website.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

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