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
  • Just over a year later, Watkins committed to USC and ignited the program’s return to national prominence.
    Devon Henderson, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has again ignited a political firestorm.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While there are a few common threads among all the Shabbat clubs in this story, like lighting candles and eating meals together, there are other elements that set each group apart.
    Sophie Liza Cannon, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Opposite the residential spaces, the offices of nursing and executive staff were brightly lit and air-conditioned.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the final period, the Valkyries torched the Sparks’ drop coverage defense, finding open looks all over the floor.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The Chiefs started four different players at the position last season and the Philadelphia Eagles torched their offensive line in the Super Bowl.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Moyer will be cremated and her inurnment will take place privately in Ohio, according to her obituary.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Spelman will be cremated in a private ceremony Thursday, his family said.
    Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • In addition to this, bosses and parents see you in such a positive way that some of you will kindle a romance with someone in authority.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
  • These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2025
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“Kiln.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiln. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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