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ignite
verb as in set on fire
Weak matches
burst into flames, catch fire, put match to, set alight, set fire to, start up, take fire, touch off
Example Sentences
The HHS statement serves as rhetorical camouflage, designed to ignite fatigue and resentment among voters who want to “move on.”
Mr Thompson's killing ignited a wide debate about how the US healthcare system operates.
The pandemic began a year into his new job, and he found himself working from home and searching for ways to ignite his creativity.
The reports also state that none of the vessels they looked at were fitted with flame arresters – safety devices designed to stop flames from igniting flammable gases.
It failed to ignite, but he then poured the petrol from a second Molotov cocktail bottle on to the bonnet of another police van and set it alight.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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