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Main Entry:	ignite [ig-nahyt] Show IPA/ɪgˈnaɪt/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	set on fire
Synonyms:	burn, burst into flames, catch fire, enkindle, fire, flare up, inflame, kindle, light, put match to, set alight, set fire to, start up, take fire, touch off
Antonyms:	extinguish, put out

Main Entry:	fire
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cause to burn
Synonyms:	enkindle, ignite, kindle, light, put a match to, set ablaze, set aflame, set alight, set fire to, set on fire, start a fire, touch off

Main Entry:	flame
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	burn
Synonyms:	blaze, coruscate, fire, flare, flare up, flash, glare, glint, glow, ignite, kindle, light, oxidize, shine

Example Sentences

If the poker is hot enough, the alcohol will spontaneously ignite.

Scientific awards help spread those ideas and ignite imaginations, he says.

Remove any one of the basic components, though, and the fire will either fail to ignite or will fizzle out by itself.

If the poker is hot enough, the alcohol will spontaneously ignite.

Scientific awards help spread those ideas and ignite imaginations, he says.

Remove any one of the basic components, though, and the fire will either fail to ignite or will fizzle out by itself.

Heat sources help spark the wildfire and bring fuel to temperatures hot enough to ignite.

Jet engines ignite a mixture of air and jet fuel, which spins a turbine that creates thrust.

Lightning or a brush fire can also ignite soft coal.

He's actually got a chance to ignite the discouraged and weary base by doing the thing he said he would.

PA can ignite their tap water when they open their faucets.

The surprise move may ignite a wave of consolidation among struggling telecoms firms.

Supernova shockwaves, astronomers believe, help to ignite new stars in the dust clouds that they reach.

Unfortunately, fear is far easier to ignite than to extinguish.

To ignite your lightsaber, you hold your hand near your pocket, or use voice controls.

And it does so at a high enough temperature to ignite the solid fuel.

When the stored energy of the battery dropped below a certain threshold, the processor would ignite combustion of one pellet.

When rockets blast off, they need to carry not only fuel, but an oxidizer to ignite the fuel.

First, it has managed to get fuel to ignite in volumes too small for a spark or fuel injection to work.

The fire that he's been trying to ignite seems to be spreading.

The mammals would nestle in the nooks of buildings, where their incendiaries would eventually ignite.

We're dealing with an act of terror intended to ignite sectarian strife.

He helped ignite the environmental movement, teaching his followers to save the world by leaving it absolutely alone.

Tend social sparks until they ignite and become full-fledged communities.

Eric detects a seething anger beneath the surface that the right charismatic figure could ignite.

The fragments ignite on impact, releasing their energy inside the target.

As they come in contact with oxygen, the bits of metal ignite.

Cigarettes burn so hot that they can ignite bedding and upholstery.

To possess any amount of gold seems to ignite an insatiable desire to obtain more.

Matt made the fire in one of those metal cylinders you use to ignite charcoal with crumpled-up newspapers.

The particles ignite when combined with the oxygen in the atmosphere.

Officials said a fire that had threatened to ignite the cars carrying the chemicals was still smoldering.

But other black leaders fear that quotas may ignite racial conflict.

It burns itself out instantly after the match is lit but generates enough heat to ignite the aspen shank.

Even if the curtains blow into it, they will not ignite.

There are fears that the refugees might ignite long-simmering ethnic tensions.

Babrauskas specializes in the study of the temperature at which various household objects ignite and how fast they burn.

As a snaphuance pistol, the gun had a firing mechanism that used flint and steel to ignite the weapon's firing charge.

Just ignite it and drive far using the hydrogen gas that the pyrolysis produces.

The flames started to ignite a handsome lodge on the farm and the water on the premises had run out.

Konopinski's calculations proved that the reaction would not ignite the atmosphere and oceans and destroy the earth.

What isn't burned by flares will ignite large explosions causing many chemical plants catch fire.

The plastic canisters can cause the bamboo poles to ignite.

Once upon a time, they could ignite fires of debate, stimulate other.

Shortly thereafter built-in timers would ignite the bombs, causing widespread fires and chaos.

It's unclear whether clothing would have much protective effect or whether it would simply ignite and cause secondary burns.

Just ignite the wood and give them a nice toasty fire, says the tinny voice over the.

Right before launch, controllers ignite the fuel mixture as it spews out of the rocket's nine engines.

Main Entry:	glow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	burn, radiate
Synonyms:	be suffused, blare, blaze, blush, brighten, color, crimson, fill, flame, flare, flush, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ignite, kindle, light, mantle, pink, pinken, redden, rose, rouge, shine, smolder, thrill, tingle, twinkle

Main Entry:	heat
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make or become hot
Synonyms:	bake, bask, blaze, boil, broil, calorify, chafe, char, enflame, enkindle, fire, flame, flush, frizzle, fry, glow, grill, grow hot, grow warm, ignite, incandesce, incinerate, inflame, kindle, melt, oxidate, oxidize, perspire, raise the temperature, reheat, roast, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, set on fire, singe, smelt, steam, sun, swelter, tepefy, thaw, toast, warm, warm up
Antonyms:	cool, freeze

Main Entry:	illuminate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make light
Synonyms:	brighten, fire, flash, floodlight, highlight, hit with a light, ignite, illume, illumine, irradiate, kindle, light, light up, lighten, limelight, spot, spotlight
Antonyms:	cloud, darken, obscure

Main Entry:	incinerate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reduce to ashes
Synonyms:	blaze, burn, combust, consume, cremate, flame, ignite, light, parch, scald, scorch, set a match to, torch

Main Entry:	inflame
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	anger, aggravate
Synonyms:	agitate, annoy, arouse, burn, disturb, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fan, fire, fire up, foment, gall, get, grate, heat, heat up, ignite*, impassion, incense, increase, infuriate, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, kindle, light, madden, provoke, put out, rile, roil, rouse, steam up, stimulate, vex, worsen
Antonyms:	alleviate, appease, cool, pacify, placate, put out, quench, soothe, tranquilize

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	kindle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	start a fire
Synonyms:	blaze, burn, fire, flame, flare, glow, ignite, inflame, light, set alight, set fire
Antonyms:	extinguish, put out

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