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
  • The committee heard substantial evidence that construction workers had smoked on site, and several cigarette butts and some partially burned materials, such as cardboard boxes, were found on the flat roof.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • While the changing seasons in northern states are marked by vibrant red, burnt orange and golden yellow leaves, Florida’s fall season is noted by temperatures that are actually bearable for spending time outside.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of burned
Verb
  • 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
Definition of kindled
Verb
  • Matthew O’Brien told jurors that surveillance images, cellphone location records and fire science would establish that Rinderknecht intentionally ignited brush on a Pacific Palisades hillside in the first minutes of New Year’s Day 2025.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Bass was out of the country when the Palisades Fire ignited and caught the fire department unprepared despite days of warnings about the potential for powerful winds and bone-dry weather.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of ignited
Verb
  • However, the original system has limitations when objects are partially visible, distant, or captured in blurry or poorly lit images.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Out of safety concerns — given that the arrays generate electricity whenever lit by the sun — the astronauts needed to wait for the space station to enter the shadow of Earth to see what could be done.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of lit
Verb
  • 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
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
  • But the eleventh-hour blitz of No On 3 ads that Keep Florida Clean funded, warning of the greed of Big Weed, inflamed voters’ private worries of societal decay.
    — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The news has inflamed debate over the British government’s unprecedented decision to use terrorism powers to ban a group primarily known for property damage and disruption.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of inflamed
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