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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ignite
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fire
▪ But now he had ignited a fire within her that could never be put out.
▪ His hands swept restlessly over her body, touching, stroking, his fingers igniting fires wherever they roamed.
▪ Massive comets have a disturbing talent for igniting fires over great areas.
▪ The explosion ignited a gasoline fire that sent many of the 500 employees in the plant fleeing.
▪ Motorists should not park their cars in tall grass, because mufflers and catalytic converters can be hot enough to ignite fires.
flame
▪ Associated Press Cathy Freeman ignites the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony.
fuel
▪ This means a catastrophic engine failure could send a fragment into the wing and ignite the fuel vapour.
▪ Investigators concluded damaged wiring may have provided the spark that ignited fumes in the fuel tank.
▪ Andrew Morton was badly burned when a spark from his welding-torch ignited a fuel line.
▪ Its rotating arms pumped fiery orange clouds of ignited kerosene fuel over a wide circle.
▪ A carbon-arc spark ignited the air / fuel mixture and spewed it into a tongue of vicious yellow flame 50 feet long.
spark
▪ This, indeed, was the main spark that ignited the launch of the Samaritans.
▪ Investigators concluded damaged wiring may have provided the spark that ignited fumes in the fuel tank.
▪ The spark was supposed to ignite the fusion reaction or miniature thermonuclear explosion.
▪ A spark from the engine ignites the gas, and smoke and flames start to rise as the wood catches fire.
▪ Andrew Morton was badly burned when a spark from his welding-torch ignited a fuel line.
▪ A carbon-arc spark ignited the air / fuel mixture and spewed it into a tongue of vicious yellow flame 50 feet long.
▪ At 11.37am on Friday, November 20, a spark ignited a curtain that led to the Windsor fire.
▪ The chemistry had been between them from the start, waiting only for a wayward spark to ignite it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A shortage of bread ignited the 1917 riots.
▪ If the mixture proves difficult to ignite, increase the proportion of ethylene.
▪ Scientists could not explain why the gas had suddenly ignited.
▪ The compound ignites at 450 degrees Celsius.
▪ The firebomb did not ignite and caused only minor damage.
▪ The gas is ignited by an electrical spark.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Add gin and sherry and carefully ignite.
▪ Anxiety is like a smouldering fire, a wind can come along and ignite the glowing embers.
▪ But McMahon, who passed for 157 yards and a touchdown, ignited the Eagles' best display for five weeks.
▪ The barrels are spun round and heavy firing pins ignite each charge in turn, unleashing a volley of fire.
▪ When the wires fell, they ignited the gas leaking from the main.
▪ Wilson can even ignite an issue which voters may not know is troubling them.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ignite

Ignite \Ig*nite"\ ([i^]g*n[imac]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignited; p. pr. & vb. n. Igniting.] [L. ignitus, p. p. of ignire to ignite, fr. ignis fire. See Igneous.]

  1. To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

  2. (Chem.) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.

Ignite

Ignite \Ig*nite"\, v. i. To take fire; to begin to burn.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ignite

1660s, from Latin ignitus, past participle of ignire "set on fire," from ignis "fire" (see igneous). Attested earlier as an adjective (1550s). Related: Ignited; igniting.

Wiktionary
ignite

vb. 1 (context transitive English) to set fire to (something), to light (something) 2 (context transitive English) to spark off (something), to enthuse 3 (context intransitive English) to commence burning. 4 (context chemistry transitive English) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.

WordNet
ignite
  1. v. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" [syn: light] [ant: snuff out]

  2. start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn: erupt, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate]

  3. arouse or excite feelings and passions; "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" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake, heat, fire up]

Wikipedia
Ignite (youth program)

Ignite is a program for gifted and talented young people in South Australia, created in 1997 and formerly known as SHIP (Students with High Intellectual Potential). It is administered by the South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services.

Ignite (Shihad album)

Ignite is the eighth studio album by Shihad and was released on 20 September 2010 in New Zealand and 24 September 2010 in Australia. Ignite debuted at number one on the New Zealand Music Chart, eventually achieving gold sales there.

Lead single "Sleepeater" is featured in Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 video game.

Ignite (game engine)

The Ignite game engine (styled as IGNITE) is a collection of video game technologies built by Electronic Arts and designed to make video game sports "alive". The technology was announced at Microsoft's Xbox One reveal event in May 2013 alongside four upcoming EA Sports franchise games for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 using the technology: FIFA 14, EA Sports UFC, Madden NFL 25, and NBA Live 14.

Ignite (band)

Ignite is a melodic hardcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1993, their commercial breakthrough album came on May 30, 2000, on TVT Records, and was called A Place Called Home. Prior to this release they were well regarded among hardcore fans, thanks in part to constant touring and having visited over 40 countries.

Much of their music is socially and politically aware. Ignite actively supports, and has given proceeds to, organizations such as Earth First, Doctors Without Borders, Sea Shepherd, and Pacific Wildlife. Lead singer Zoltán "Zoli" Téglás has taken account of such issues as environmental concerns and vegetarianism—common topics found on A Place Called Home. The legacy of Soviet Communism in Eastern Europe is another recurring theme, in part because of Teglas' Hungarian background.

Ignite

To ignite is the first step of firelighting

Ignite may also refer to:

  • Ignite (band), a melodic hardcore band from Orange County, California
  • Ignite!, an education software company in the USA
  • igniteXML, an enterprise integration software product
  • Ignite (Econoline Crush album), 2007
  • Ignite (Shihad album), 2010
  • Ignite (event), a series of events where speakers have five minutes to talk on a subject
  • Ignite (game engine), a game engine for EA Sports games
  • Ignite (youth program), a program for gifted and talented young people in South Australia
  • Ignite (microprocessor), a stack-based RISC microprocessor architecture
  • "Ignite" (song), a single by Japanese singer Eir Aoi
  • Ignite, the marketing arm of energy company Stream Energy
Ignite (Econoline Crush album)

Ignite is the fourth full-length album by the industrial rock band Econoline Crush. It was recorded from July 24, 2007 to October 12, 2007, and released on the independent label FNN on January 15, 2008. The album was distributed by Universal Music Group. The band re-enlisted producer Sylvia Massy for this album. Massy had previously produced the band's 1998 album The Devil You Know. Ignite is the first album with the band membership of Kai Markus on guitar, Scott Whalen on bass, Brent Fitz on drums and Trevor Hurst on vocals. The album was recorded at RadioStar Studios, owned by Massy, and located in the town of Weed, California.

The track "Get Out of the Way" was the goal song of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers during the 2009-2010 season.

Ignite (event)

Ignite (Ignite Talks) is a series of events where speakers have five minutes to talk on a subject accompanied by 20 slides, for 15 seconds each, automatically advanced. Ignite started in Seattle, and it has spread to 350+ organizing teams in cities, universities, governments and companies who have hosted thousands of events.

The first Ignite was held in 2006 in Seattle, Washington by Brady Forrest and Bre Petis, and was sponsored by O'Reilly Media and MAKE magazine. O'Reilly continued to support Ignite until November 2015 when the franchise was handed off to its founder, Brady Forrest, who formed Ignite Talks, PBC - a Public Benefit Corporation. Ignite Talks PBC was formed to be an independent organization focusing on supporting Ignite events around the world and promoting public speaking.

Ignite (microprocessor)

IGNITE (formerly ShBoom and PSC 1000) is a stack-based RISC microprocessor architecture. The architecture was originally developed by Nanotronics, which was later acquired by Patriot Scientific Corporation. The IGNITE microprocessor is one of the few commercially produced microprocessors that use a stack-based computation model. Target applications for this unique architecture were primarily embedded devices (due to the processor's low power consumption) as well as efficient implementation of virtual stack machines, such as the Java Virtual Machine or the stack machine underlying the Forth programming language. The IGNITE processor was never successful in the market.

Ignite (song)

"Ignite" (styled IGNITE) is a single by Japanese singer Eir Aoi. It was released on August 20, 2014. It reached number one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and also reached the ninth place on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart. It was used as the first opening theme of the Sword Art Online II anime television series.

Usage examples of "ignite".

Jasper, she ignited her thrusters and her stomach settled as acceleration gripped her.

Taking hold gently of one of her hands, I told her that she had ignited in my soul a devouring flame, that I adored her, and that, unless some hope was left to me of finding her sensible to my sufferings, I was determined to fly away from her for ever.

You have not been afraid to ignite my amorous fury, how can you expect me to believe you now, when you pretend to fear it, and when I am only asking you to let me touch a thing, which, if it be as you say, will only disgust me?

The ignited residue is mixed with 6 or 7 grams of anhydrous sodium carbonate.

Cratchit entered-flushed, but smiling proudly-with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.

Cratchit entered, flushed, but smiling proudly, with the pudding like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.

Billy formed the image of a bolt of lightning coming out of the sky, striking the Blimp, igniting the gas within.

It should be ignited and cooled out of contact with air just before using, since it is hygroscopic.

The two lots of silica are washed free from chlorides with hot water, dried on an air-bath, transferred to a platinum-crucible, ignited gently at first, at last strongly over the blast or in a muffle, cooled in a desiccator, and weighed.

The next morning I started with Bellino, who, believing me to be undeceived, could suppose that I would not shew any more curiosity about him, but we had not been a quarter of an hour together when he found out his mistake, for I could not let my looks fall upon his splendid eyes without feeling in me a fire which the sight of a man could not have ignited.

Nobody in the cop business whispered, and the house had ignited with noise as soon as Crick gave the order for the invasion of techs.

Then she leaped over the fire, narrowly missing igniting her skirts, to face Dob with the dagger.

Loud peals of thunder broke, and could scarcely be distinguished from the rumblings of the mountain, whose mouth vomited forth ignited rocks, which, hurled to more than a thousand feet, burst in the air like shells.

This showed that, so frightsome was the thing about to be released, they were willing to risk firing shots which might ignite the inflammable hydrogen, if only they could defend themselves against it They drew their knives.

Wearing a cryptic grin, Goldy Tancred struck a match and ignited the paper which bore the plans for the next crime.