Arouse or excite feelings and passions.
To set on fire - literally and figuratively.
1 The move, according to union sources, is likely to inflame the situation.
2 Unions said mass dismissals would be counterproductive and inflame the situation further.
3 He'd tried to let Caffarelli inflame him in a special way, too.
4 They employed all their skill to inflame the passions of the majority.
5 Pitt then deprecated the effort to inflame the insular pride of Irishmen.
6 Accordingly, no means were neglected that could inflame and exasperate the populace.
7 He cannot inflame Würtemberg, and Würtemberg cannot influence the other German princes.
8 Holding her, he felt his limbs inflame , his desire ignite into fever.
9 She knows that she cannot inflame me more than I am inflamed.
10 He seeks to inflame the Czar's wrath against the English maritime code.
11 He could not have chosen a better theme to inflame those Marylanders.
12 He invented details calculated to infuriate his confederate, to inflame his jealousy.
13 Yet new attacks will inflame misgivings over security and free movement.
14 However, even that 17-word tweet threatened to further inflame the situation.
15 The killer apparently sought to inflame violence to stop Israel's Gaza pullout plan.
16 Sensational media articles have only served to inflame a volatile situation.
Другие примеры для термина "inflame"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Об этом термине inflame
Глагол
Изъявительное наклонение · Настоящее
Inflame в диалектах
Соединенные Штаты Америки