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 Palisades fire burned for 24 days, destroying more than 6,800 structures, damaging countless others and forcing most of the neighborhood’s residents to move elsewhere.—
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Brown, who was beaten with metal poles, bitten and burned with cigarettes, had his front teeth ripped out with pliers, prosecutors said.—
Muri Assuncao,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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This is only slightly challenged by a flame kindled between Mindy and Alfie (Lucien Laviscount) earlier on in the show.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2026
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The ballroom aces met on Broadway, kindled a romance on the reality dancing competition, and married in 2017.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Dec. 2025
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Moore also said that the department’s handling of the Lachman Fire — a small New Year’s Day 2025 brush fire that ignited in the Pacific Palisades, eventually leading to the Palisades Fire — wasn't good enough, KNBC added.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Investigators believe the fire started when a combine harvester in an agricultural field sent up some sort of sparks and ignited hay bales.—
Sarah Horbacewicz,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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The coming days will see the lunar disk forge a path through the constellation Virgo ahead of its third quarter phase on Jan 10, when its left half will be lit by direct sunlight as its right is veiled in inky shadow.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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The 5-foot-wide trail is lit at night for evening adventures.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Midwest Living,
4 Jan. 2026
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But the Browns are 2-6 with little to look forward to, prompting Cleveland radio host Ken Carman to go scorched earth and call for Sanders, the Colorado alum, to start.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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As of Thursday morning, eight acres of land had been scorched by it.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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The blow further inflamed Webster, who raised his flagpole into the air and swung it down repeatedly in a chopping motion, hitting the barricade with a loud clang.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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While generally the flu is more dangerous for older adults and young children, Hamad said that severe complications like myocardias—which happens when the heart muscle is inflamed—can also happen to healthier, younger people.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Enkindled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enkindled. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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