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Conflagrate

verb
1.
Cause to start burning.  Synonyms: enkindle, inflame, kindle.
2.
Start to burn or burst into flames.  Synonyms: catch fire, combust, erupt, ignite, take fire.  "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"






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"Conflagrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... disproportioned to each other are the powers of doing evil and of doing good. The poorest and most abject instrument, that is utterly imbecile for any purpose of good, seems sometimes endowed with almost the powers of omnipotence for mischief. A mole may inundate a province—a spark from a forge may conflagrate a city—a whisper may separate friends—a rumor may convulse an empire—but when we would do benefit to our race or country, the purest and most chastened motives, the most patient thought and labor, with the humblest ...
— Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments • Various



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