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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enkindled
  1. burned
  2. kindled
  3. ignited
  4. lit
  5. scorched
  6. illumined
  7. inflamed
Verb
  • Hot spots still burned within a 420-square-kilometer (162-square-mile) scar, thousands remained unable to return home, and nearly 3,000 firefighters were deployed against the Gironde megafire and a second blaze in Provence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Despite getting burned for months, the market may have good reason to remain optimistic.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of burned
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  • 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
  • The faith of these settlers kindled a fervent Protestant piety, found in the Great Revival of the Ohio Valley frontier.
    — Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
Definition of kindled
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  • The loss later ignited the feud between Simone Biles and Riley Gaines last June after Gaines posted about the championship that same day.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Getz enjoys getting brotherly advice from Hoyer, who executed his own semi-rebuild in 2021 and worked under Theo Epstein on the 2012 Cubs rebuild that ignited the trend across baseball.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of ignited
Verb
  • There are no mirrors, just a tube TV, a cement floor, and the silhouettes of four palm trees lit like a black hole.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • At night, the space is lit with 450 candles, creating an ambience so romantic that even a Hatfield or McCoy could fall in love if seated across from each other at the table.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of lit
Verb
  • Monday, the blaze jumped a control line and initially scorched another 40 acres, according to Watch Duty, a nonprofit organization and app that tracks fires.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • In the Madrid region alone, 6,000 hectares (23 square miles) burnt overnight, taking the total area scorched in that region to 34,000 hectares (131 square miles) in just the last few days, Ayuso said.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Definition of scorched
Verb
  • Fantastic, illumined by periodic excursions into surrealism, as when the crew of a mysterious UFO boards a transpacific Kahuna Airlines jet midflight.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of illumined
Verb
  • Just the spirit of countercultural rebellion harnessed and inflamed.
    — Will Cady, SPIN, 30 July 2026
  • Cubital tunnel syndrome occurs when the ulnar nerve, which passes through a tunnel on the inside of the elbow, becomes inflamed, swollen and irritated, Johns Hopkins explains.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
Definition of inflamed
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