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Definition of ignite:

  • (verb) cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat;
  • (verb) start to burn or burst into flames;
  • (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions;

Sentence Examples:

Brandy is poured on and ignited.

The last match had ignited.

Here's what ignited that mixture!

The odor of ignited tobacco returned.

"Before it ignited," said the other.

Lieutenant Baker's new house was ignited.

The duke ignited a pine-wood torch.

Bram had ignited an automatic cigarette-lighter!

Ignite and weigh the insoluble residue.

An empty house does not ignite itself.

If the oil ignites, it is unsafe.

Dried grass and leaves had ignited.

The friction ignited some tinder-like substance.

These threatened to ignite the contiguous stacks.

His rage ignited and he leaped forward.

Sparks ignite the gas, as explained above.

Then we ignited the pile of brush.

The Lecturer then ignited the mixture.

Mifflin, to ignite a pile of stone coal.

The policemen meanwhile ignited other houses.

He ignited the rocket by remote control.

Of a sudden the powder was ignited.

Ignition effected by a glass igniting bottle.

Two others beyond it had also ignited.

Nor could charcoal or fine wire be ignited.

Give a practical definition of the igniting temperature.

Shadows are commonplace when we ignite a lamp.

The precipitates are then combined and ignited.

Very fortunately the liquid did not ignite.

The match must have ignited the curtains.

The power jets would ignite any moment.

Do I soak you in alcohol and ignite it?

They had evidently ignited near the chimney.

The light of nature was ignited in him.

Ignite the fire just as the curtain rises.

A fuse for igniting an explosive by electricity.

They ignite readily and give out intense heat.

Many attempts were made before the powder ignited.

It would soon ignite the whole tense camp.

The heat was sufficient to ignite the cap.

I dodged the back flare as it ignited.

One of the methods of igniting hydro-carbon gases.

Why does paper ignite more readily than wood?

Why does wood ignite less readily than paper?

This helps ignite the main stream of fuel.

The train is laid, the fuse is ignited.

This is also used for igniting charges simultaneously.

Now came the question of igniting the explosive.

No fuel oil ignited and, apparently, no ammunition exploded.

The young man's temper had suddenly ignited.

The two men ignited cigars and drank.

It would ignite in dozens of places at once.

The sound was like a pool of gasoline igniting.

His eyes ignited, and his face grew white.

Then ignite the clean end of the string.

It was ignited or set off by heat.

He dropped several ignited matches into the chamber.

As we worked the shed ignited and burned.

When projected on ignited coals, it burns brilliantly.

This has a natural dust that soon ignites.

Soon the feathers were ignited by the sparks.

The igniting spark hadn't been quite strong enough.

He will ignite at touch of the living fire.

He shot with a kind of ammunition which ignites.

A fine powder is rubbed away and this ignites.

The alcohol may be ignited and burned off.

The Lenoir igniting arrangement was complicated and troublesome.

The flame ignited by Zoroaster is still burning.

A second blast marked when the gas-cloud ignited.

There was a leak, and the fluid ignited.

It is their gifts that cause or ignite our love.

Destroy the organic matter by igniting the residue.

The ridge strikes did not ignite the forest.

He ignited a match and quickly found a candle.

I was afraid that the tree itself might ignite.

Let the salt soak a few minutes before igniting.

Returning with a lit lantern they ignite a blaze.

When this became ignited their escape would be impossible.

In practice batteries are not used continuously for igniting.

Hastily he made two fire brands and ignited them.

With Appendix describing a Recent Engine with Tube Igniter.

A fuse for igniting an explosive charge by electricity.

The paper immediately ignites and the cotton explodes.

A piece ignited in air burns with a yellowish flame.

It's only the igniting system that needs adjustment.

The electric current has already ignited the charge.

What will be the weight of the ignited precipitate?

It burns in layers when ignited, and emits sparks.

A spark from the low-grade oil-and they are ignited.

The tops of the cars behind had also ignited.

On igniting the train, a tremendous explosion takes place.

The order was then given to ignite the fuses.

The moss ignited at first touch of the match.

And don't breathe toward a lamp, or you'll ignite.

It ignites instantly when brought in contact with water.

To my horror, the cap failed to ignite the powder.

It needs but one spark to ignite the whole mass.

Each pile is ignited, and the body reduced to ashes.

Under no circumstances, however, ignite any sulfur in a greenhouse.

Some houses were burned to the ground, others already ignited.