Ignite synonyms
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To start to burn; be ignited or kindled:
set fire to
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:
Kindle is defined as to start a fire, flame or light.
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
To be bright or luminescent
set afire (or on fire)
To undergo combustion; burn:
Simple past tense and past participle of set on fire
(Intransitive, colloquial) To begin.
To set on fire; kindle.
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:
start to burn or burst into flames
(Intransitive) To catch fire. [17th century to the present]
spark (related)
explode (related)
vaporize (related)
vaporise (related)
dissipate (related)
white-hot (related)
re-ignite (related)
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.
extinguish (antonym)
To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness.
hot (related)
(Informal) To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up :
(Idiomatic) Become engulfed with flames.
snuff out (antonym)
To kill a living being.
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: light, set fire to, burst into flames, burn, kindle, strike-a-light, excite, glow, set afire (or on fire), stir-up and combust.