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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Matthew O’Brien told jurors that surveillance images, cellphone location records and fire science would establish that Rinderknecht intentionally ignited brush on a Pacific Palisades hillside in the first minutes of New Year’s Day 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
During the disaster, however, the graphite ignited and continued burning for ten days.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
That has ignited a societal debate over how best to monitor and regulate the new technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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
The Green Movement was a political uprising in Iran that was ignited by the 2009 election.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
