Fire
Fire verb - Provide with fuel.
Usage example: Oil fires the furnace
Render
Render verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
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An attempt to render harmless a nuclear-warhead-tipped ICBM during an episode of MacGyver results in a fuel explosion and a man on fire.
Source: Man on Fire -
Cursed with Awesome: Firestar may have visually awesome fire powers (microwave heat) but her microwave heat powers also render her sterile if she uses it too much.
Source: Comic Book / New Warriors - Even if they do die, they tend to come back at inopportune times, so the best way to render them Deader Than Dead is to drag its coffin to the Pile Driver and fire it up!
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