Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To inflame anew; rekindle; warm again.

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  • verb transitive, intransitive To inflame again.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ inflame

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Examples

  • The dispute was threatening to reinflame old wounds for Nike, which has been criticized in the past for tolerating alleged human-rights abuses including child labor at the factories it contracts with to manufacture its clothing.

    Nike to Pay Some $2 Million to Workers Fired by Subcontractors 2010

  • Often we cannot predict what will remain and get passed on and what will get tossed overboard, which slights will reinflame resistance and which will pass.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Often we cannot predict what will remain and get passed on and what will get tossed overboard, which slights will reinflame resistance and which will pass.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Often we cannot predict what will remain and get passed on and what will get tossed overboard, which slights will reinflame resistance and which will pass.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Often we cannot predict what will remain and get passed on and what will get tossed overboard, which slights will reinflame resistance and which will pass.

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Korea 'North Korea warned South Korea on Thursday that a spate of incursions along their disputed sea border could spark a naval clash, in what analysts said was a threat to reinflame tensions if it doesn't get what it wants from recent conciliatory gestures.

    WN.com - Articles related to Takamatsu serves up Seoul food in Chandler 2009

  • Korea near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korea -- North Korea warned South Korea yesterday that a spate of incursions along their disputed sea border could spark a naval clash, in what analysts said was a threat to reinflame tensions if

    WN.com - Articles related to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il makes summit offer to South Korea 2009

  • Korea 'North Korea warned South Korea on Thursday that a spate of incursions along their disputed sea border could spark a naval clash, in what analysts said was a threat to reinflame tensions if Korea - North Korea warned South Korea on Thursday that a rash of "reckless" incursions at their disputed naval clash.

    WN.com - Articles related to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il makes summit offer to South Korea 2009

  • Korea 'North Korea warned South Korea on Thursday that a spate of incursions along their disputed sea border could spark a naval clash, in what analysts said was a threat to reinflame tensions if Korea - North Korea warned South Korea on Thursday that a rash of "reckless" incursions at their disputed naval clash.

    WN.com - Articles related to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il makes summit offer to South Korea 2009

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