Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to burn.
- intransitive verb To set fire to.
- intransitive verb To arouse the passions of; excite.
- intransitive verb To bring about or provoke suddenly; stir up.
- intransitive verb To begin to burn.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To kindle or set on fire; cause to burn: as, to
ignite a match. - To make incandescent; cause to glow or scintillate with heat: as, to
ignite iron; in chem., to heat intensely; roast. - To take fire; begin to burn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To take fire; to begin to burn.
- transitive verb To kindle or set on fire.
- transitive verb (Chem.) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive to
set fire to (something), tolight (something) - verb transitive to
spark off (something), toenthuse - verb intransitive to commence burning.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb start to burn or burst into flames
- verb arouse or excite feelings and passions
- verb cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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But as to your question, 3f or 4f black powder will easily ignite from a spark.
Would putting smokeless gun powder in a water proof match container make good fire starter. 2009
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But as to your question, 3f or 4f black powder will easily ignite from a spark.
Would putting smokeless gun powder in a water proof match container make good fire starter. 2009
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Keeping everything dry enough to ignite is the ultimate "exercise in futility"!
Electrifying Muzzleloaders: CVA's New Electronic Ignition System 2007
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Russian ECLS specialists have estimated that approximately 20% of the onboard SFOGs will not ignite, which is taken into account in the onboard O2 supplies estimates.
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Russian ECLS specialists have estimated that approximately 20% of the onboard SFOGs will not ignite, which is taken into account in the onboard O2 supplies estimates.
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The problem with this is that it takes more energy to keep the fusion going that the fusion releases, so one of ITER's main goals is to "ignite" a self-sustaining fusion reaction.
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Our reporter from our affiliate WHDH was talking about how these storms kind of ignite just before they hit Boston, and that's exactly what we're seeing.
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Uncedo's return could "ignite" the situation and innocent people boarding taxis could be caught in the crossfire again.
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If both people 'ignite' they can see each other's profile and instant message on the network.
iac world news feed 2010
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In addition to sparking iPad sales, the cuts would purportedly be part of a larger strategy to "ignite" interest in iTunes 'video section as a whole.
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