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• v  make hot or hotter
• v  provide with heat
• v  arouse or excite feelings and passions
• v  gain heat or get hot
  The room heated up quickly
• s  made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
  a heated swimming pool
  wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana
• s  marked by emotional heat; vehement
  a heated argument

• As the CIA-leak case heated up, Wilson kept criticizing the Administration, while Plame kept a low profile, ultimately leaving the CIA for a better assignment: taking care of the .
• And it is not just that time of the century; it is that time of year too, with Holy Week, the vernal equinox and a partial lunar eclipse converging, all heated up by the .
• Obama, in what was one of the most heated avails that I've seen so far in his campaign, took two questions on the NAFTA imbroglio.

• heat
• heat up
• inflame
• stir up
• wake
• ignite
• fire up
• hot up
• heated up
• het
• het up

• cool

News & Articles

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• Airbus, Boeing face off in Paris
  In the heated battle for leadership in commercial airplanes between Boeing and Airbus , the two companies believe they are positioned to have strong showings at the Paris Air Show which starts Monday.
  June 17, 2013 - MSN
• Dogfight in Paris: Airbus and Boeing battle for supremacy
  In the heated battle for leadership in commercial airplanes between Boeing and Airbus, the two companies believe they are positioned to have strong showings at the Paris Air Show which starts Monday.The gathering of aerospace and defense companies will feature each company announcing major moves and orders for new airplanes.For Airbus, much of the attention will be focused on the company's new ...
  June 16, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• In Paris, Airbus and Boeing Battle for Supremacy
  In the heated battle for leadership in commercial airplanes between Boeing and Airbus, the two companies believe they are positioned to have strong showings at the Paris Air Show which starts Monday.
  June 16, 2013 - CNBC

Quotes

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• Brett Favre in Boston Globe
  Yeah, there was a heated discussion, I guess you would call it,said Favre, who remained in the game. "We were up, 7-6, at the time. No secret, I was getting hit a little bit. I felt the pressure on a lot of plays. We had 7 points. So I...
• Lance Armstrong in National
  It's fine. I think in the press room it looks heated but it's really not. Armstrong told reporters. You can't take away the fact that he's probably maybe the most talented guy ever to throw a leg over a bike,Armstrong, 38, said. "I don't...
• Nicolas Anelka in Daily Star
  Last night Anelka said: "I had a heated conversation with the coach and it should never have come out of the changing rooms. My aim was never to destabilise the French team, an institution I respect. I equally have a lot of respect for all of my...