as in burning
being on fire
the ignited fireworks went off all at once
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as in burnt
to set (something) on fire
tried using newspapers as kindling to ignite the logs in the fireplace
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Recent Examples of ignited
Karina Tsui, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
The fire ignited last week but grew rapidly over the weekend, fueled by low humidity and dry vegetation, officials said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
Democrats Given how much of Abundance focuses on where Democrats went wrong, the book has ignited debate among progressives.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 22 Mar. 2025
At touchdown, the landing gear collapsed, the left wing separated from the fuselage, and a jet fuel leak ignited, triggering a runway fire as the plane rolled onto its back.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
That was the kernel that ignited this whole thing.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
But questions about why ignited a fresh storm of controversy surrounding his access to sensitive government information.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
His findings have ignited a firestorm of worry and debate, leaving many parents feeling overwhelmed and desperate for solutions to protect their children's well-being in the digital age.
—Mackenzie Price, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The initial spark that ignited these rumors was his removal from AEW's official roster page last month.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
The Table Rock Fire in Pickens County, northwest South Carolina, ignited Friday and has grown to more than 1,300 acres, the commission said in a Sunday night update.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
The fire ignited last week but grew rapidly over the weekend, fueled by low humidity and dry vegetation, officials said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
Democrats Given how much of Abundance focuses on where Democrats went wrong, the book has ignited debate among progressives.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 22 Mar. 2025
At touchdown, the landing gear collapsed, the left wing separated from the fuselage, and a jet fuel leak ignited, triggering a runway fire as the plane rolled onto its back.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
That was the kernel that ignited this whole thing.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
But questions about why ignited a fresh storm of controversy surrounding his access to sensitive government information.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 21 Mar. 2025
His findings have ignited a firestorm of worry and debate, leaving many parents feeling overwhelmed and desperate for solutions to protect their children's well-being in the digital age.
—Mackenzie Price, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
The initial spark that ignited these rumors was his removal from AEW's official roster page last month.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignited
Adjective
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Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That's pretty vague, but the season 2 teaser trailer highlights several of the aforementioned foes and woes, from a host of haunted dolls and a swarm of bees to a flaming, winged creature and the gnarly sight of Tyler (Hunter Doohan) in his Hyde form.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Earth upon Earth has opened and already come to the iced or flaming end of everything except sludge or scales or fur.—
Julie Swarstad Johnson,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Advocates want burned playground under bridge to become skatepark.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
24 Dec. 2024
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Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Pickett was seldomly penalized last season and didn’t give up many deep pass plays despite not having blazing recovery speed (4.59-second 40 at his pro day).—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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In between those stretches, Minnesota was a blazing inferno, hitting 20 of 35 attempts from beyond the arc to blitz the Lakers in Game 1.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
20 Apr. 2025
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