ENKINDLED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

enkindled

verb

past tense of enkindle

as in burned

to set (something) on fire see if you can enkindle some paper in the fireplace while I look for logs

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The pentobarbital didn’t kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were burned and blistered from the caustic drugs.

— Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
This made the level of destruction Turner witnessed in 2017 even more shocking — especially as the area had burned before without this level of loss.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

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Now that fall is on the horizon, hope has been kindled for abundant rainfall.

— Robert Klose, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
As the current Cartoonist Laureate of the state, she has been highly engaged in Vermont culture and history, and says her interest in this couple was kindled by Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, director of Vermont Humanities, who encouraged her to tell their story.

— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

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The ongoing war also ignited a feud between New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

— Christina Fan, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
The Trader Joe’s kimbap frenzy was ignited by a TikTok review from Korean-American creator Sarah Ahn, who tried the product with her mother in a clip that quickly pulled a quiet freezer SKU into the national conversation.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026

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Inside, the lobby is dimly lit in soothing lavender and blue and house music is piped in by surround sound.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Office of President Herzog At the president’s residence in Jerusalem, President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog lit a memorial candle to open the day’s commemorative events.

— Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

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The Hugging Face incident was a high-profile breach that inflamed the safety concerns about AI, which were followed by similar actions involving OpenAI’s models including breaching an Australian health department website.

— Kelvin Chan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
The Hugging Face incident was a high-profile breach that inflamed the safety concerns about AI, which were followed by similar rogue actions involving OpenAI's models including breaching an Australian health department website.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

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