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ignite
verb as in set on fire
Weak matches
burst into flames, catch fire, put match to, set alight, set fire to, start up, take fire, touch off
Example Sentences
“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.
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.
Last summer, a group of e-biking teens was captured on camera igniting fireworks in the middle of the crowded Hermosa Beach Pier.
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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