ignition key

noun

1. the key used in a motor vehicle to turn the switch that connects the battery to the ignition system and other electrical devices

Example Sentences

“If you had a car in a garage for 30 to 50 years and one day you insert the ignition key, how confident are you that it will start?” he asked.

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Hornig: I was sitting in the car reaching for my ignition key—and the thing bloomed in front of us and it was just incredible.

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So I went out one morning and the ignition keys for two of the four-wheelers were gone.

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Trooper Achenbach then leaned into the vehicle through the driver’s side window to try to grab the ignition keys, the report said.

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Not once did I touch an ignition key.

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