kilns

verb

present tense third-person singular of kiln
as in ashes

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  1. torches
  2. lights
  3. incinerates
  4. ignites
  5. fires
  6. kindles
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  • Continue reading … BENCH WARRED — Blanche torches Trump foe Boasberg after appeals court blocks judge again in deportation fight.
    — , FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Hopper cut off a Demogorgon’s head, and Murray torches quite a few.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Definition of torches
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  • Alex Consani walks into a room and lights the whole thing up.
    — Time, Time, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Fellow junior defensive back Cody Dean echoed that sentiment, noting that the way the 5-foot-9, 170-pound Garey plays above his size lights a fire under his teammates.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of lights
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  • With the transformer clicked on, one associate of Blaine and Anneliese's immediately incinerates.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
  • In 2025, French firm Veolia flexed its global leadership in PFAS treatment by opening a massive plant in Delaware that filters PFAS from water and incinerates it to break the bond between fluorine and carbon, one of the strongest in chemistry.
    — Don Steinberg, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of incinerates
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  • This is the area where, if an ember lands and ignites something — a pile of firewood, a trash can or a deck — fire can break into the house and burn it down.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … DOUBLE STANDARD — Attorney warns higher education is 'failing' as student faith fight ignites.
    — , FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of ignites
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  • After all, what could go wrong sitting atop three million barrels of oil while a hostile country fires missiles and drones at it?
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Andrew Garfield stars as Altman, with Anora‘s Yura Borisov playing Ilya Sutskever, the chief scientific officer and co-founder of OpenAI who fires Altman.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of fires
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  • While Martin Scorsese called it one of the scariest movies of all time, The Uninvited kindles a wonderful romance between Rick and Stella.
    — Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The star of Big Little Lies confessed her new film, Caught Stealing, kindles a powerful yearning for some aspects of the era.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Definition of kindles
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