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ignition key

n. a key that operates the ignition switch of an automotive engine

Usage examples of "ignition key".

Exactly twenty-four hours later I climbed into the sports car that had been left empty, but with the ignition key in the lock, four hundred yards away from the entrance lodge to the general's house.

Mercer was clinging to the side, screaming in panic as the man hunched low in the boat and turned the ignition key.

He sat in the car, hearing the rain pound on the metal roof He turned the ignition key.

She had been afraid of that impulse, too, she remembered as she put the Vespa's ignition key in its slot.

It sits for a moment, its motor idling, its windshield wipers snapping from side to side, squeaking against the glass, until Claudia reaches for the ignition key, turns it off.

You see, I noticed that when you were looking for the ignition key, you held the key case in your right hand and did the searching with your left.

Pooley tucked the cars ignition key safely away in his top pocket.

Craig checked that it was in neutral, then turned the ignition key.

The car behind her gave an impatient beep of the horn and had her fumbling with the ignition key.

Tommy reached down and removed the ignition key to prevent Noisy from using the car.

If they start up their car and move before you turn the ignition key, Al and I will come running.