verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
fire
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But now he had ignited a fire within her that could never be put out.
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His hands swept restlessly over her body, touching, stroking, his fingers igniting fires wherever they roamed.
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Massive comets have a disturbing talent for igniting fires over great areas.
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The explosion ignited a gasoline fire that sent many of the 500 employees in the plant fleeing.
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Motorists should not park their cars in tall grass, because mufflers and catalytic converters can be hot enough to ignite fires .
flame
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Associated Press Cathy Freeman ignites the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony.
fuel
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This means a catastrophic engine failure could send a fragment into the wing and ignite the fuel vapour.
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Investigators concluded damaged wiring may have provided the spark that ignited fumes in the fuel tank.
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Andrew Morton was badly burned when a spark from his welding-torch ignited a fuel line.
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Its rotating arms pumped fiery orange clouds of ignited kerosene fuel over a wide circle.
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A carbon-arc spark ignited the air / fuel mixture and spewed it into a tongue of vicious yellow flame 50 feet long.
spark
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This, indeed, was the main spark that ignited the launch of the Samaritans.
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Investigators concluded damaged wiring may have provided the spark that ignited fumes in the fuel tank.
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The spark was supposed to ignite the fusion reaction or miniature thermonuclear explosion.
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A spark from the engine ignites the gas, and smoke and flames start to rise as the wood catches fire.
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Andrew Morton was badly burned when a spark from his welding-torch ignited a fuel line.
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A carbon-arc spark ignited the air / fuel mixture and spewed it into a tongue of vicious yellow flame 50 feet long.
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At 11.37am on Friday, November 20, a spark ignited a curtain that led to the Windsor fire.
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The chemistry had been between them from the start, waiting only for a wayward spark to ignite it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A shortage of bread ignited the 1917 riots.
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If the mixture proves difficult to ignite , increase the proportion of ethylene.
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Scientists could not explain why the gas had suddenly ignited.
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The compound ignites at 450 degrees Celsius.
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The firebomb did not ignite and caused only minor damage.
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The gas is ignited by an electrical spark.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add gin and sherry and carefully ignite .
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Anxiety is like a smouldering fire, a wind can come along and ignite the glowing embers.
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But McMahon, who passed for 157 yards and a touchdown, ignited the Eagles' best display for five weeks.
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The barrels are spun round and heavy firing pins ignite each charge in turn, unleashing a volley of fire.
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When the wires fell, they ignited the gas leaking from the main.
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Wilson can even ignite an issue which voters may not know is troubling them.