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inflame

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7 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈfleɪ̯m/Part of speech verbSorted aefilmnStarts with IEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. become inflamed; get sore

Word origin

From Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen, from Old French enflammer (“to inflame”), from Latin inflammō (“to kindle, set on fire”, verb), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”), equivalent to in- + flame.

Used in a sentence

  • We should have made retreat / By light of the inflamed fleet.
  • Along the perimeter road the police car approached, headlamps inflaming the afternoon sunlight.
  • to inflame desire

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