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• v  cause inflammation in
  The repetitive motion inflamed her joint
• v  catch fire
• v  cause to start burning
• v  arouse or excite feelings and passions
• v  become inflamed; get sore
  His throat inflamed

• American commanders in the city believe the covert Turkish team was meant to inflame these kind of tensions.
• And the publication of these photos is far more likely to inflame--and endanger--than inform or illuminate.
• Few parenting topics inflame emotions the way spanking does.

• kindle
• enkindle
• conflagrate
• stir up
• wake
• ignite
• heat
• fire up

News & Articles

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• Mozambique police arrest top Renamo general, bus attacked
  By Marina Lopes (Reuters) - Suspected opposition Renamo guerrillas attacked a bus in central Mozambique on Friday, and police arrested a top Renamo general who threatened this week to 'paralyse' key transport routes in the southern African nation. The bus shooting, in which an elderly woman was wounded, and the detention of Renamo information chief Jeronimo Malagueta is likely to inflame ...
  June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Tim Finchem in SportingNews.com
  It smacks of tabloid journalism,Finchem said in a statement. "It was a naked attempt to inflame and keep alive an incident that was heading to an appropriate conclusion."
• Barack Obama in Aljazeera.net
  The most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to further inflame anti-American opinion and to put our troops in greater danger,Obama told journalists on Wednesday. "Moreover, I fear the publication of these photos may...
• Joe Biden in ABC News (blog)
  As we move forward, the United States will hold both sides accountable for any statements or actions that inflame tensions or prejudice the outcome of talks, as this decision did,Biden said with Abbas.