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ignited

ignited

3.5
Set on fire so it is burning
  • adjective
  • /ɪɡˈnaɪtɪd/
translation icon : encendido
  • The dry leaves quickly ignited, spreading the flames across the forest floor.

So once that diesel became ignited in Seven, now you had enough temperature to fail that steel in that building.

Examples

  • To cook the meal, she ignited the stove and waited for the flame to stabilize.

  • So what do you do personally to kind of keep the fire ignited a little bit Question.

  • The campfire was ignited with a single match, creating warmth and light in the darkness.

Synonyms

to burn
vsignited
1.0

To be on fire or damage something with heat

focuses only on the act of causing something to start burning
to set on fire
vsignited
110 3.0

Make something start burning

is the plain expression for causing something to catch fire
to torch
vsignited
76 6.5

To set fire to something on purpose

is the neutral description of causing fire without implying intent
to ignite
vsignited
66 4.0

To make something start burning

is the common wording for the act of making something burn
to combust
vsignited
8 7.4

To catch fire or make something burn

is the more narrowly phrased action of making fire begin
to set ablaze
vsignited
5 4.8

To make something start burning

is the basic term for causing combustion without stressing visibility
to set afire
vsignited
2 4.1

Make something start to burn

is the neutral phrase for making something begin to burn
to set aflame
vsignited
1 5.1

To make something start burning

is the broader simple expression for causing something to burn
to set alight
vsignited
  • UK
1 4.2

To make something start burning

is the general phrase describing the act of making fire start
to inflame
vsignited
1 5.7

To make something start burning, for example paper or dry grass

is the straightforward phrase limited to the literal act of burning
to blaze up
vsignited
1 4.9

To start burning with a strong bright flame

describes the start without implying brightness or intensity
enkindled
vsignited
  • Archaic
9.4

Causing something to burn or someone to feel a strong emotion

is the neutral modern phrase without poetic or archaic tone
kindled
vsignited
5.3

Made to burn and give a warm, soft light

is the general phrase for causing an object to burn
to enkindle
vsignited
  • Archaic
9.1

To make something start to burn, like a fire or a strong feeling

focuses just on the literal act of making fire start
to conflagrate
vsignited
9.9

To set fire to something

is the everyday expression without specialized or formal wording

How Burning

blazing
1 3.5
ablaze
14 5.5
burning
157 1.0
ignited
3.5
unlit
6 2.7

Surface Forms

ignited positive

Morphology

ignited = ignite (transparent) = ignite + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'ignite'; the meaning 'set on fire' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Ignited comes from the old Latin word ignis, which means 'fire'. So to be ignited is to be 'made to burn' or 'set on fire', and you can remember this by the same root in igneous, a word for rocks formed by fire.