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Recent Examples of igniter
The dual arc igniter can quickly light cigarettes, candles, campfires or small materials without needing fuel, and performs even under windy or humid situations with no extra tools required.
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Shirl Leigh
april 23, New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2026
An electric igniter is hidden on the top of the phone behind a small trap door.
—Angela Moscaritolo, PC Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
After eight days of examining the scene, analysts found that the light source matched the sparks from a flint ignitor and the flame from a butane lighter.
—Harrington Gardiner, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
The ignitor came in the form of fellow defenseman Jake Middleton delivering a bone-crunching hit – legally – to Stars forward Matt Duchene in the neutral zone.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Turns out the oven has a weak igniter that can be replaced for $300.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 8 Sep. 2025
Part of the reason the Brewers had more opportunities was that their defenders killed one potential rally igniter after another.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
This device consists of a microwave power supply, an air compressor, a compressed microwave waveguide, and a flame igniter.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2020
Shirl Leigh
april 23, New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2026
An electric igniter is hidden on the top of the phone behind a small trap door.
—Angela Moscaritolo, PC Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
After eight days of examining the scene, analysts found that the light source matched the sparks from a flint ignitor and the flame from a butane lighter.
—Harrington Gardiner, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
The ignitor came in the form of fellow defenseman Jake Middleton delivering a bone-crunching hit – legally – to Stars forward Matt Duchene in the neutral zone.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
Turns out the oven has a weak igniter that can be replaced for $300.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 8 Sep. 2025
Part of the reason the Brewers had more opportunities was that their defenders killed one potential rally igniter after another.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
This device consists of a microwave power supply, an air compressor, a compressed microwave waveguide, and a flame igniter.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for igniter
Noun
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When Wambach retired, Rapinoe picked up the torch and became a vocal advocate for social justice.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
20 June 2026
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This year's games were the first to feature a coast-to-coast torch run, spanning more than a dozen states over the course of several weeks.—
Adam Duxter,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Noun
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His trilogy is, likewise, a straphangers’ gallery of metropolitan oddballs, from Zippo, a pyromaniac turned blaxploitation filmmaker, to Uncle Rich, a master criminal who stages a daring raid on the Waldorf-Astoria from a disused train tunnel with the help of a homeless army.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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Katie Waldron Cascadia – In the world of sparring environmentalists and loggers in Coastal Oregon, a wildlife biologist, a timber worker, and a pyromaniac punk come together to form an environmental activist group and navigate a blossoming love triangle.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Igniter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/igniter. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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