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IGNITE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Start or maintain a fire in

Example:

fire the furnace

Synonyms:

fire; ignite; light

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arouse or excite feelings and passions

Example:

Wake old feelings of hatred

Synonyms:

fire up; heat; ignite; inflame; stir up; wake

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "ignite" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ignite"):

ferment (work up into agitation or excitement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat

Example:

Light a cigarette

Synonyms:

ignite; light

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "ignite" is one way to...):

burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)

Cause:

burn; combust (undergo combustion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ignite"):

fire up; light; light up (begin to smoke)

reignite (ignite anew, as of something burning)

conflagrate; enkindle; inflame; kindle (cause to start burning)

light up (ignite)

flare up (ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

extinguish (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights)

Derivation:

ignitable (capable of burning)

igniter (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires)

igniter (a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire)

ignitible (capable of burning)

ignition (the act of setting something on fire)

ignition (the process of initiating combustion or catching fire)

ignitor (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires)

ignitor (a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Start to burn or burst into flames

Example:

The oily rags combusted spontaneously

Synonyms:

catch fire; combust; conflagrate; erupt; ignite; take fire

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "ignite" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Verb group:

burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ignite"):

blow out (erupt in an uncontrolled manner)

catch (start burning)

light up (start to burn with a bright flame)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ignitable; ignitible (capable of burning)

ignition (the act of setting something on fire)

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