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• v  cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
  Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter
• v  start to burn or burst into flames
  Marsh gases ignited suddenly
• v  arouse or excite feelings and passions
  The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor

• She's also a riveting actress; just watch her ignite the stage as the doomed Violetta in La Traviata.
• An attorney sits nearby, trying to ignite some optimism in his client maybe it won't be so bad but the man knows better.
• Vouchers ignite a controversy .

• light
• erupt
• catch fire
• take fire
• combust
• conflagrate
• inflame
• stir up
• wake
• heat
• fire up

• extinguish

News & Articles

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• Ignite to Host "Dragon's Den" for Next Technology Success Stories
  Ignite to Host "Dragon's Den" for Next Technology Success Stories
  June 11, 2013 - CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
• Lightning strikes spark several new, smaller fires across NM
  As the Thompson and Tres Lagunas fires continue to burn, Thursday storms led to several smaller fires to ignite across the state.  Four in the northern part of the state were likely caused by lightning strikes, according to a report from the Albuquerque Journal. Those four were 15 miles northeast of Cuba, N.M., 8 miles north of Las Vegas, 6 miles north of Ocate and 6 miles southwest of Mora ...
  June 11, 2013 - KOAT Albuquerque
• IGNITE monthly meeting celebrates anniversary of group
  The Cayuga County Young Professionals Group, IGNITE, will celebrate the anniversary of a local business at its monthly event.
  June 8, 2013 - The Auburn Citizen

Quotes

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• Paul Otellini in ITworld.com
  Intel has weathered difficult times in the past, and we know what needs to be done to drive our success moving forward. Our new technologies and new products will help us ignite market growth and thrive when the economy recovers,Otellini said.
• Andy MacPhail in Tampabay.com
  What you're hoping to accomplish when you make a change like this is, you're hoping to ignite a spark, give everybody a clean slate,MacPhail said.
• Barack Obama in AFP
  Concluding, Obama told his captive audience: "To host athletes from every corner of the globe is a high honour and America is ready to assume that trust - to ignite the spirit of the Olympic and Paralympic movement for a new generation. And so I...