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verb (used with object)

to set on fire; kindle.

Chemistry. to heat intensely; roast.

verb (used without object)

to take fire; begin to burn.

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any of the electronegative elements, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine, that form binary salts by direct union with metals

having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule, or noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups

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Origin:
1660–70; < Latin ignītus (past participle of ignīre to set on fire, ignite), equivalent to ign(is) fire + -ītus -ite²

Related forms

ig·nit·a·ble, ig·nit·i·ble, adjective

ig·nit·a·bil·i·ty, ig·nit·i·bil·i·ty, noun

non·ig·nit·a·bil·i·ty, noun

non·ig·nit·a·ble, adjective

non·ig·nit·i·bil·i·ty, noun

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non·ig·nit·i·ble, adjective

re·ig·nite, verb (used with object), -nit·ed, -nit·ing.

un·ig·nit·a·ble, adjective

un·ig·nit·ed, adjective

un·ig·nit·ing, adjective

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
1. See kindle.

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Example Sentences

If the poker is hot enough, the alcohol will spontaneously ignite.

Scientific awards help spread those ideas and ignite imaginations, he says.

Remove any one of the basic components, though, and the fire will either fail to ignite or will fizzle out by itself.

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If the poker is hot enough, the alcohol will spontaneously ignite.

Scientific awards help spread those ideas and ignite imaginations, he says.

Remove any one of the basic components, though, and the fire will either fail to ignite or will fizzle out by itself.

Heat sources help spark the wildfire and bring fuel to temperatures hot enough to ignite.

Jet engines ignite a mixture of air and jet fuel, which spins a turbine that creates thrust.

Lightning or a brush fire can also ignite soft coal.

He's actually got a chance to ignite the discouraged and weary base by doing the thing he said he would.

PA can ignite their tap water when they open their faucets.

The surprise move may ignite a wave of consolidation among struggling telecoms firms.

Supernova shockwaves, astronomers believe, help to ignite new stars in the dust clouds that they reach.

Unfortunately, fear is far easier to ignite than to extinguish.

To ignite your lightsaber, you hold your hand near your pocket, or use voice controls.

And it does so at a high enough temperature to ignite the solid fuel.

When the stored energy of the battery dropped below a certain threshold, the processor would ignite combustion of one pellet.

When rockets blast off, they need to carry not only fuel, but an oxidizer to ignite the fuel.

First, it has managed to get fuel to ignite in volumes too small for a spark or fuel injection to work.

The fire that he's been trying to ignite seems to be spreading.

The mammals would nestle in the nooks of buildings, where their incendiaries would eventually ignite.

We're dealing with an act of terror intended to ignite sectarian strife.

He helped ignite the environmental movement, teaching his followers to save the world by leaving it absolutely alone.

Tend social sparks until they ignite and become full-fledged communities.

Eric detects a seething anger beneath the surface that the right charismatic figure could ignite.

The fragments ignite on impact, releasing their energy inside the target.

As they come in contact with oxygen, the bits of metal ignite.

Cigarettes burn so hot that they can ignite bedding and upholstery.

To possess any amount of gold seems to ignite an insatiable desire to obtain more.

Matt made the fire in one of those metal cylinders you use to ignite charcoal with crumpled-up newspapers.

The particles ignite when combined with the oxygen in the atmosphere.

Officials said a fire that had threatened to ignite the cars carrying the chemicals was still smoldering.

But other black leaders fear that quotas may ignite racial conflict.

It burns itself out instantly after the match is lit but generates enough heat to ignite the aspen shank.

Even if the curtains blow into it, they will not ignite.

There are fears that the refugees might ignite long-simmering ethnic tensions.

Babrauskas specializes in the study of the temperature at which various household objects ignite and how fast they burn.

As a snaphuance pistol, the gun had a firing mechanism that used flint and steel to ignite the weapon's firing charge.

Just ignite it and drive far using the hydrogen gas that the pyrolysis produces.

The flames started to ignite a handsome lodge on the farm and the water on the premises had run out.

Konopinski's calculations proved that the reaction would not ignite the atmosphere and oceans and destroy the earth.

What isn't burned by flares will ignite large explosions causing many chemical plants catch fire.

The plastic canisters can cause the bamboo poles to ignite.

Once upon a time, they could ignite fires of debate, stimulate other.

Shortly thereafter built-in timers would ignite the bombs, causing widespread fires and chaos.

It's unclear whether clothing would have much protective effect or whether it would simply ignite and cause secondary burns.

Just ignite the wood and give them a nice toasty fire, says the tinny voice over the.

Right before launch, controllers ignite the fuel mixture as it spews out of the rocket's nine engines.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

ignite (ɪɡˈnaɪt)

—vb
1.	to catch fire or set fire to; burn or cause to burn
2.	(tr) chem to heat strongly
3.	(tr) to stimulate or provoke: the case has ignited a nationwide debate

[C17: from Latin ignīre to set alight, from ignis fire]

ig'nitable

—*adj*

ig'nitible

—*adj*

ignita'bility

—n

igniti'bility

—n

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Word Origin & History

ignite

1646 (implied in ignitable), from L. ignitus, pp. of ignire "set fire." Attested earlier as an adj. (1560). Ignition is from 1612, "act of heating to the point of combustion;" meaning "means of sparking an internal combustion engine" is from 1881.

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