Ignite synonyms and antonyms
ĭg-nīt'
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cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
Kindle is defined as to start a fire, flame or light.
To start to burn; be ignited or kindled:
burn (related)
To harden or impart a finish to by subjecting to intense heat; fire:
set fire to
(Intransitive, colloquial) To begin.
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To ignite.
To develop suddenly:
To undergo combustion; burn:
burst into flames
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
Simple past tense and past participle of set on fire
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To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
(Physics) To increase the heat energy of an object.
start to burn or burst into flames
(Intransitive) To catch fire. [17th century to the present]
spark (related)
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explode (related)
vaporize (related)
To burn rapidly or brightly; flame
To be bright or luminescent
touch a match to
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
To set on fire; kindle.
To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness.
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set afire (or on fire)
hot (related)
(Informal) To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up :
(Idiomatic) Become engulfed with flames.
extinguish (antonym)
To extinguish is defined as to put out, put an end to, or to settle a debt.
start (related)
To tend in an early stage of development:
vaporise (related)
white-hot (related)
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re-ignite (related)
(Intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
snuff out (antonym)
To kill a living being.
dissipate (related)
To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse of stream of something).
Find another word for ignite. In this page you can discover 41 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ignite, like: strike-a-light, kindle, light, burn, enkindle, set fire to, start-up, stir-up, set off, fire-up and erupt.
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