verb
- Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat.
- usage: "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
- Start to burn or burst into flames.
- usage: "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
- synonyms: erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
- Arouse or excite feelings and passions.
- usage: "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
adjective
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