ignite

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ig·nite [ignite ignites ignited igniting] BrE [ɪɡˈnaɪt] NAmE [ɪɡˈnaɪt] verb intransitive, transitive (formal)
to start to burn; to make sth start to burn
•Gas ignites very easily.
• (figurative)Tempers ignited when the whole family spent Christmas together.
•~ sth Flames melted a lead pipe and ignited leaking gas.
• (figurative)His words ignited their anger.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘make intensely hot’): from Latin ignire ‘set on fire’, from ignis ‘fire’.

Example Bank:
•The burning foam generates such heat that other items in the room can ignite spontaneously.
•The gunpowder sometimes fails to ignite.
•an explosive that is easily ignited
•He was badly injured when a spark ignited the gas.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  inflame, stir up, wake, heat, fire up, erupt, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate, light
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench