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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ignite.

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Examples

  • The grandma ` s 911 call ignites a desperate search, a police investigation, and lie after lie by the tot mom, but still no sign of Caylee.

    CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2009 2009

  • The grandma ` s 911 call ignites a desperate search.

    CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2008 2008

  • Carmen Marc Valvo, for creating the perfect little black dress that defines the name and ignites the book cover.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • Carmen Marc Valvo, for creating the perfect little black dress that defines the name and ignites the book cover.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • Carmen Marc Valvo, for creating the perfect little black dress that defines the name and ignites the book cover.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • And from what I do from the songwriting is it kind of ignites whatever part of your brain it is that is looking for lyrics and is looking for what themes you want to be writing about.

    Jakob Dylan: Evolution of a Songwriter 2005

  • And when those individuals are in a society where things start changing very rapidly, particularly if things start feeling like, you know political leaders are fighting or if there's a lot of racial diversity or change, then that kind of ignites this anxiety and it creates precisely the kind of intolerance that we're seeing.

    NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias Geoffrey Dickens 2010

  • N|om wakes up the sitting meditator, ignites the passive contemplator, and supercharges the quiet pilgrim.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • N|om wakes up the sitting meditator, ignites the passive contemplator, and supercharges the quiet pilgrim.

    The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

  • Our personalized learning approach ignites a spark of genius in every student through a multi-grade mentoring system.

    C. M. Rubin: The Global Search for Education: How to Develop World Leaders C. M. Rubin 2011

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