inflame
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- IPA (key): /ɪnˈfleɪm/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧flame
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- (transitive) If you inflame something, you set it on fire.
- Synonym: kindle
- (transitive) If you inflame a person, you provoke them to anger or rage.
- Synonyms: exasperate, irritate, incense and enrage