KILNING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

kilning

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present participle of kiln

as in ashing

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Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Photography arrived, kindling an enthusiasm that Baudelaire, ever the cynic, compared to a lust for pornography.

— Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of kindling

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Season 2 saw Aemond purposefully incinerating his brother, leaving him badly burned, and decimating the Riverlands while on Vhagar.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Today’s severe fires can change a landscape for centuries by killing most or all of the trees, baking the soil, incinerating the seeds and leaving large open areas that cannot easily recover, Williams said.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

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The late Hayden Panettiere's fans are demanding a boycott of Neutrogena products, re-igniting a call that came after the actress made allegations the skin-care company wanted to fire her for speaking out about her postpartum depression.

— Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Weeks later, their surrogate gave birth in Texas, igniting a fight over parental rights.

— Gina Park, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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The Claremont Fire in the Boise Foothills had scorched 6,800 acres of terrain by Tuesday afternoon, torching sagebrush and shrubs, wildflowers and weeds, and narrowly avoiding homes.

— Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026
But everyday people expressed their political outrage time and again, throwing rocks at and demolishing the houses of government officials, torching the king’s ships and forts and, eventually, marching to battle.

— Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026

Definition of torching

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With that in mind, Le recommends flipping meat often to prevent charring.

— Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
Triple Char means that the barrels the bourbon was aged in were charred for three times as long as usual, which is supposed to bring out even more flavors from the wood (the charring process is really what makes bourbon bourbon, after all).

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 July 2026

Definition of charring

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Video released by police after the shooting showed two officers charging into the school and killing the shooter, who’d just fatally shot three 9-year-olds and three adults and was firing from a window.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
More pertinently, Leeds United operated in the same formation in their 2-1 victory at Old Trafford in April, attacking down the sides and firing over crosses.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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