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Inflame

To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

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Aggravate 76% connected

To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase.

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Arouse 76% connected

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dor…

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elicit 76% connected

Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

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Enkindle 76% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evoke 76% connected

To call out; to summon forth.

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Exacerbate 76% connected

To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease.

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Exasperate 76% connected

Exasperated; imbittered.

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Ignite 76% connected

To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

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Kindle 76% connected

To bring forth young.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Provoke 76% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Worsen 76% connected

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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Ferment 76% connected

That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.

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Rekindle 76% connected

To kindle again.

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Derivationally related 6

Inflammation 74% connected

The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inflammation 74% connected

The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inflammatory 74% connected

Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inflammatory 74% connected

Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.

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Synonym 5

Enkindle 92% connected

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Heat 92% connected

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ignite 92% connected

To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Kindle 92% connected

To bring forth young.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wake 92% connected

The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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