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Discover Ludwig"feed the flames" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to add fuel or worsen a situation, often in a negative or heated context. Example: The politician's controversial statements only served to feed the flames of public outrage. Other examples: - His constant criticism only fed the flames of discord within the team. - The media coverage of the scandal only fueled the flames of speculation. - Don't let their hurtful words feed the flames of your anger.
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feed the flames
verb
To provoke further a debate or controversy, a person's anger, etc.
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Where did all this willingness to feed the flames of hate against them come from?
But some said their neighbors were less vigilant, and they wondered whether homes littered with dead brush had helped feed the flames.
We want to appeal to reason in both politicians and the media to not use this miserable example to feed the flames or use it for their own profit.
The argument that these well-intentioned bans actually feed the flames they are meant to quench is, of course, ultimately unprovable, although circumstantial and anecdotal evidence points in that direction.
But it can also mix technologies from a wide range of areas and, if an idea catches fire, summon up vast resources to feed the flames.However, there are two objections to Mr Mandel's argument.
Nonetheless, the $16 billion merger between BankBoston bkb and Fleet Financial Group flt, announced yesterday, should feed the flames under the already hot financial sector.
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The intumescent shield traps the polymer fragments and limits the evolution of small flammable molecules that are able to feed the flame.
Propagation of flame into small (∼1 mm) vortices suggested that the amount of reactant carried by such a small vortex is not sufficient to feed the flame with fresh reactant during the entire vortex/flame interaction process.
Will it feed the flame of YA films or cause it to fizzle out?
After 1918 post-World War I dislocation, strikes, and sporadic unemployment fed the flames of anti-Asian feeling, which had always been strong in Vancouver.
Rain had just begun to fall before the crash, and high winds fed the flames and quickly created an inferno with temperatures that neared 2,000 degrees, officials said.
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