Ignite synonyms
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To start to burn; be ignited or kindled:
Kindle is defined as to start a fire, flame or light.
burst into flames
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
burn (related)
To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire:
To be bright or luminescent
set afire (or on fire)
Simple past tense and past participle of set on fire
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
(Intransitive, colloquial) To begin.
To set on fire; kindle.
set fire to
hot (related)
(Informal) To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up :
start (related)
To tend in an early stage of development:
To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
(Physics) To increase the heat energy of an object.
To ignite.
To develop suddenly:
(Idiomatic) Become engulfed with flames.
start to burn or burst into flames
To undergo combustion; burn:
(Intransitive) To catch fire. [17th century to the present]
extinguish (antonym)
To extinguish is defined as to put out, put an end to, or to settle a debt.
touch a match to
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
To burn rapidly or brightly; flame
(Intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse of stream of something).
snuff out (antonym)
To kill a living being.
To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness.
Find another word for ignite. In this page you can discover 34 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ignite, like: light, kindle, burst into flames, burn, excite, glow, set afire (or on fire), stir-up, enkindle, set-on-fire and strike-a-light.