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entflammen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • inflame verb To make a feeling, situation, or conflict more intense or heated.

Senses

entflammen is used for these senses in English:

  • catch fire (idiomatic) To become engulfed in flames, to combust.
  • inflame (transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
  • set on fire (figuratively, transitive) To arouse passionate feelings in.

inflame — full definition

  1. verb To make a feeling, situation, or conflict more intense or heated.
  2. verb To cause a part of the body to become swollen, red, or painful.

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