ignite
(verb)
verb
1. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter
Similar word(s): light
Definition categories: weather, burn, combust
2. start to burn or burst into flames
- Marsh gases ignited suddenly
Similar word(s): combust, conflagrate, erupt
Definition categories: weather, turn
3. arouse or excite feelings and passions
- The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
Similar word(s): heat, inflame, wake
Definition categories: emotion, arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
4. start or maintain a fire in
Definition categories: change
Sentences with ignite as a verb:
- to ignite iron or platinum