kiln

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kiln
Verb
  • The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires reduced more than 15,000 structures to ash in a matter of days.
    Santina Contreras, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden. Making firewood.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The company already ignited the second stage of this rocket, in a pre-launch test, in April.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
  • Even sparks or embers carried by the wind can ignite nearby leaves or grass, triggering a fire that spreads rapidly.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • June 2025 Queen of Wands: June lights a fire under your already bright and powerful presence, Taurus.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
  • Roley, who was found dead near the scene after appearing to have shot himself, is suspected of lighting the brush with a flint fire starter before ambushing the firefighting crew in a mountainous area of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Of course, every team in the league knows what Clark wants to do by now, and actually stopping her from torching defenses with generational shotmaking is another matter entirely.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
  • The 90-year-old cleric was at Gloria Molina Grand Park on June 8, the day protesters torched Waymo cars, just blocks away from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • The legendary rapper was quickly cremated, which his mother was a proponent of, but Knight stated that Pac had different plans for his funeral.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 July 2025
  • Wilson was cremated and buried at a cemetery in the Westwood neighborhood, home to UCLA.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • These seemingly innocuous actions can kindle dry grass, potentially triggering a wildfire.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025
  • Everything in the store is kindling, and the metal shelving hems in what’s becoming a human fire-pit.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 June 2025
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“Kiln.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiln. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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