坩堝るつぼと化かす

expression, godan verb (-su)

turn into a crucible; become a hotbed of excitement

Metaphorical expression describing a place or situation that becomes intensely heated with emotion, debate, or activity, like a melting pot or crucible.

• 会かい場じょうは熱ねっ気きに包つつまれ、坩堝るつぼと化かした。

  The venue was filled with excitement and turned into a crucible of fervor.

• 議ぎ論ろんが白はく熱ねつし、会かい議ぎ室しつは坩堝るつぼと化かした。

  The debate heated up, and the conference room became a hotbed of argument.