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 tokens burned spitting out anti-Waymo opinions are part of a monthslong battle between Waymo and its rivals over whether the autonomous driving company can operate commercially on the streets of several major cities.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
There was even a Panthers defensive stand in which the Broncos only burned 59 seconds and the Panthers had the ball, driving, with two minutes left in the game — only five points down.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of burned

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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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The nearly century-old prison, its dank corridors lit by flickering fluorescent tubes, is now closing, and its more than 1,000 inmates are moving to a new penitentiary complex.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
The dispute began before Heritage Village Park opened in 2022, when residents of the adjacent Heritage El Dorado Hills retirement community objected to lighted sports courts, traffic and noise near their homes.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of lit

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Unprecedented high temperatures scorched the continent from late May until the end of August this year.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of scorched

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The intervention of House Democrats' campaign arm in the primary, as well as in other primary contests, inflamed tensions within the party over its future as left-wing challengers won a number of primaries this cycle.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis, develops when the capsule of connective tissue surrounding the shoulder joint becomes inflamed, thickened and tight.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 3 Nov. 2026

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