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• n  arousal to violent emotion
• v  cause inflammation in
• v  catch fire
• v  cause to start burning
• v  arouse or excite feelings and passions
• v  become inflamed; get sore

• Fears are widespread that Moscow is creating a pretext for a military crackdown by inflaming unrest in the South Ossetian Autonomous Region, an ethnic enclave created for the .
• His trustiest weapons were always flaming words and inflaming ideas.
• Record home prices are inflaming passions--and pocketbooks--as never before.

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

News & Articles

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• Merkel Shuns Russia Exhibition Opening in Looted-Art Spat
  Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin canceled the joint opening of a Russian exhibit of art looted from Germany, inflaming a spat dating from the Nazi regime’s collapse at the end of World War II.
  June 21, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Singapore's Air Turns 'Hazardous' as Indonesian Fires Rage
  By Kevin Lim and Eveline Danubrata SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's air quality deteriorated to "hazardous" levels late on Wednesday as smoke from slash-and-burn land clearing in Indonesia enveloped the city-state, inflaming tensions between the Southeast Asian neighbors. Singapore, a major financial center, will send a delegation to Jakarta on Thursday to discuss the smog that has turned its ...
  June 19, 2013 - Scientific American

Quotes

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• President Bush in Forbes
  This barbarous act was clearly aimed at inflaming sectarian tensions among the people of Iraq and defeating their aspirations for a secure, democratic and prosperous country,Bush said. "I join Iraq's leaders in calling on all Iraqis to...
• Nouri al-Maliki in NEWS.com.au
  The terrorist act which targeted the shrine came as part of a series of crimes aimed at inflaming sectarian passions among the sons of the country,Mr Maliki said. "Those who have committed it are enemies of Allah, the country and the...
• Chip Berlet in AFP
  So you have this right-wing social movement, relatively small but angry, and then you have these major public figures, inflaming them with rhetoric and conspiracy allegations on national television,Berlet told AFP.