feed the flames
get up in someone's face
charged
rip into
vent one's gall
froth at the mouth
impugn
draw fire
comb someone's hair the wrong way
belabour
disputatious
heated
goddamned
screed
handbag
troll
push someone's buttons
set up someone's birse
strike out
foam at the mouth
stir
shit-stir
cause a stir
fend and prove
pitched battle
controvert
ruffle some feathers
vent one's spleen
polemicize
wrangle
fulminate
outrage
piss the Pope off
clash
irritate
boo hiss
jump on
battle out
debate
drive someone up the wall
argufy
ire
lam into
explosive
get someone's Irish up
get someone's dander up
stoush
this means war
get on someone's bad side
polemics
blaze
twist the knife
rark up
enrage
rage
eristic
splutter
brickbat
contend
annoy
words
get stuck into
tear someone a new one
gladiator
tew
bait
rouse
red-hot
kick off
get on someone's wick
assault
personal attack
switch
controversialism
hothead
eat someone alive
dissert
moot
apple of discord
get under someone's skin
kick up
fratch
point of contention
rustle someone's jimmies
give someone what-for
quarrel
position argument
get bent out of shape
rage boner
angrify
torque off
controversial
let someone have it
argue down
drat
simmer
jump down someone's throat
light the touch-paper
speech