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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When money is received, the group works with wildlife managers if a location needs to be sheared, burned or bulldozed.—
Andrew Weeks,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2026 -
Many paper records were burned when General Sherman’s army marched across the state in 1865.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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America's hopes for its first high-speed rail were kindled in 2008, when California voters approved a ballot measure for a train connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than three hours.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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This spectacular success kindled a desire in Hersheypark officials to invest heavily in thrill rides.—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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One person died in an apartment fire ignited by a faulty e-bike battery in San José last week, authorities said.—
Fedor Zarkhin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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That ignited a 16-4 run that stretched into the fourth and gave Boston its first double-digit lead of the game.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Stockton Kings faced a tough loss against the Greensboro Swarm for Game 1, but that lit a fire under the Kings going into Game 2 -- a must-win for the defending champions.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 29 shots before finally yielding a goal late, while Gabe Landeskog, Martin Necas and Nathan MacKinnon all lit the lamp in a game that was not as close as the score indicated.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026
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After she was killed, prosecutors said Hunter fled Florida in a van stolen from another neighbor, which was found scorched in Texas around the time of his arrest.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Morrill Fire scorched more than 640,000 acres.—
Dan Peck,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Her hands, though inflamed and covered in red sores, also had several large areas that were smooth and lacked any signs of irritation.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The prospect of hundreds of thousands of Shiites on the move has inflamed Lebanese sensitivities about the country’s fragile sectarian balance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Enkindled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enkindled. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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