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1
as in angers
to make angry
the newspaper editorial inflamed her enough to inspire her to dash off a letter to the editor
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2
as in burns
to set (something) on fire
a carelessly tossed cigarette inflamed the papers in the trash can
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Recent Examples of inflames
In other words, alcohol disrupts hydration, irritates the gut, inflames blood vessels, messes with sleep, and forces your liver into metabolic overdrive.
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Ciara Lucas, SELF, 30 Dec. 2025
Pneumonia is an infection that inflames the sacs in one or both lungs, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
The shingles vaccine is up to 97% effective in preventing the condition caused by the herpes zoster virus, which inflames nerves and causes painful rashes.
—New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflames
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What angers me is thinking about what could have been.—
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And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.—
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Saito burns about 7,000 calories per day and has lost 13 pounds so far.—
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Unlike conventional scramjets that rely on kerosene, SPARTAN burns hydrogen, producing zero carbon emissions while enabling reusable, low-maintenance hypersonic flight.—
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Investigative reporting is bad enough; often what really infuriates him is jokes.—
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Elsewhere, the photo of Cartman is a reference to his reaction of Clyde’s incendiary new podcast that has a right wing theme that infuriates the perpetual instigator.—
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Together, that ignites quite the power struggle in this tense thriller.—
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The drama ignites following the sisters’ mother’s wake, with the abrupt return of their estranged father, Gustav (Skarsgård), an acclaimed but aging director.—
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While this violation enrages the village’s women, the men who make up the Panchayat (village council) try and fail to cast her out of town.—
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The funniest part to me is that amid this violence — as someone is literally trying to kill him — the thing that enrages Beom-mo the most is when his wife’s top starts to slip down.—
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That’s the difference between fury that scorches everything in sight and anger that fuels justice.—
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Potent scenes fail to be as intense as Taylor’s grind-you-up performance that scorches everything and everyone around her.—
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In other words, alcohol disrupts hydration, irritates the gut, inflames blood vessels, messes with sleep, and forces your liver into metabolic overdrive.—
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Without this process, the air would be colder and drier, which irritates and constricts the airways and can lead to inflammation.—
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While Martin Scorsese called it one of the scariest movies of all time, The Uninvited kindles a wonderful romance between Rick and Stella.—
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The star of Big Little Lies confessed her new film, Caught Stealing, kindles a powerful yearning for some aspects of the era.—
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“Inflames.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflames. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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