ignite
verb (used with object)
to set on fire; kindle.
ignited
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past participleof ignite.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ignite.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
igniteverb (used with object)to set on fire; kindle.
Example Sentences
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The protests - ignited at the Lycée Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry in the deprived Paris suburb of Créteil - have struck a chord across the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The spark was ignited on September 23 when 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her lifelong Madrid home on a stretcher after the real estate firm that owned the apartment drastically hiked the rent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
A second fire broke out at the site in September, during continuing cleanup and demolition, after hundreds of still-energized batteries spontaneously ignited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Dome fire has charred more than 3,000 acres since it ignited on Tuesday just north of Wawona Dome in Yosemite, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
An incident later in B-block had called my bluff: I’d discovered a fire in the service area that ran down the center of the block; welders upstairs had unwittingly ignited a length of PVC pipe.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
