Meaning & use
Stoking
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Feeding and stirring up a fire to keep it burning, or figuratively intensifying an emotion, conflict, or situation.
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He spent the evening stoking the campfire so it would last until midnight.
The politician's speech was accused of stoking fear rather than offering solutions.
A note on using this word
A "stoker" was originally the worker who shoveled coal into the furnace of a steam engine, a job title that gave rise to the more general verb.
Words with a similar meaning
fuelingfeedinginflaming
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Words with an opposite meaning
dampeningsmothering
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