Usually means: Cause to catch fire, burn.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word ignite:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. ignite: Merriam-Webster
  2. ignite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ignite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ignite: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ignite: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ignite, ignite: Wordnik
  7. ignite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ignite: Wiktionary
  9. ignite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ignite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ignite: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Ignite, ignite: Dictionary.com
  13. ignite: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. ignite: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Ignite (Alan Walker song), Ignite (Econoline Crush album), Ignite (Eir Aoi song), Ignite (Shihad album), Ignite (Zedd song), Ignite (band), Ignite (disambiguation), Ignite (event), Ignite (game engine), Ignite (microprocessor), Ignite (song), Ignite (youth program), Ignite, Ignite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Ignite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. ignite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. ignite: Rhymezone
  19. Ignite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. ignite: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ignite: FreeDictionary.org
  22. ignite: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. ignite: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. ignite: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ignite: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ignite: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. IGNITE: Acronym Finder

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ verb:  (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
▸ verb:  (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger
▸ verb:  (intransitive) to commence burning.
▸ verb:  (chemistry, transitive) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.

Similar:
inflame, take fire, catch fire, fire up, erupt, stir up, heat, light, light up, alight, more...

Opposite:
extinguish, snuff out, douse, quench

Types:
set fire to, burn, light, torch, flame, more...

Phrases:
self ignite, re ignite, NBA G League Ignite, Microsoft Ignite, Apache Ignite, more...

Colors:
    red,     orange,     yellow,     flame,     scarlet, more...


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Similar:
inflame, take fire, catch fire, fire up, erupt, stir up, heat, light, light up, alight, more...

Opposite:
extinguish, snuff out, douse, quench

Types:
set fire to, burn, light, torch, flame, more...

Phrases:
self ignite, re ignite, NBA G League Ignite, Microsoft Ignite, Apache Ignite, Ignite the Seven Cannons, Aim and Ignite, to ignite, opposite of ignite, ignite your passion, ignite gas, ignite flame, more...

Colors:
    red,     orange,     yellow,     flame,     scarlet, more...



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