ignite :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (8)

set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set on fire

v. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"

erupt, take fire, catch fire, start to burn

v. start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

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Fuzzynyms (27)

flame, be aflame, be in flames

v. be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"

blaze

v. burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"

flare, burn up, flame up, blaze up, burn brightly

v. burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"

smoulder, smolder, burn slowly

v. burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"

burn, glow

v. shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"

light, illume, illumine, illuminate, light up

v. make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

explode, blow up, detonate, set off

v. burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"

fire, bake in a kiln

v. bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"

rail, fulminate

v. criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"

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Antonyms (4)

put out, obliterate, extinguish

v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

douse

v. put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"

ignite

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