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ignition
/ ɪɡˈnɪʃən /
noun
- the act or process of initiating combustion
- the process of igniting the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
- the ignitionthe ignition the devices used to ignite the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
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- reig·nition noun
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Example Sentences
So, I took the keys out of the ignition and hid them under my passenger seat.
Seven years ago, a Chevy Cobalt with a defective ignition switch killed two teenage girls.
The long-running saga surrounding problematic ignition switches for the Chevrolet Cobalt has been an embarrassment for G.M.
Instead, it dithered as faulty ignition switches killed customers.
“Goode reached for the ignition, started the vehicle,” the report says.
Decomposition of cryolite by ignition with carbonate of lime.
He reached for his switches and shut off his ignition, to prevent an explosion when the ship struck.
The regulus of antimony is of a silvery white colour, of a scaly texture, very brittle, and melts soon after ignition.
Iron will also become magnetical by ignition and quenching it in water in the position of the dipping-needle.
The amount of compression of the charge before ignition also has material bearing on the force of the explosion.
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