baptize

A Madonna holding an anti-tank weapon, like a Slavic Joan of Arc ready to baptize Russian invaders in holy fire.

I baptized my pregnant belly in the Arroyo waters.

The California fires have baptized the new lawmakers in Washington politics.

Looking around the smoldering grounds where she was baptized as a baby and now volunteers in the gardening department, Gabriella, 20, resisted the urge to fall to her knees in despair.

Reading “Liars” is like being baptized by fire.