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ignite

Definition for ignite

verb as in set on fire

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“When a fire is initiated, it can ignite the bamboo scaffolding.”

Stocks were mostly higher Tuesday, adding to a rally ignited halfway through Friday’s session as New York Fed President John Williams made a case for additional rate cuts, but still heading for a monthly loss.

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As Australia’s flu season was ending, “this new mutation came up, which kind of ignited flu in Japan and the U.K., and other parts of Europe and Asia,” Chin-Hong said.

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Last summer, a group of e-biking teens was captured on camera igniting fireworks in the middle of the crowded Hermosa Beach Pier.

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Potential Fed rate cut in December could ignite a ‘risk-on’ flame — but just for a short time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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