In the cannons of pirate ships, a flame at the breech would ignite the powder charge.
Concentrating the sun's rays with a lens is one way to ignite a daytime campfire.
Accumulated creosote from wood can ignite inside a fireplace chimney.
Please ignite the fire.
ignite
This tinder will ignite rather quickly.
Example sentence - We knew the wet matches would not ignite to help us start a campfire.
We used lighter fluid to ignite the charcoal in the outdoor grill.
ignite means fireincendia, ignis, flamma
The boxing match ended after an explosive flurry of blows to the head.
A match was used to ignite the fire.
"Flammable" means to ignite or burn easily.
Glow brightly
Lightning or a brush fire can also ignite soft coal.Remove any one of the basic components, though, and the fire will either fail to ignite or will fizzle out by itself.Officials said a fire that had threatened to ignite the cars carrying the chemicals was still smoldering.The fire that he's been trying to ignite seems to be spreading.(Dictionary.com)
Yes, "ignite" has a short vowel sound in the second syllable "ig-" as it is pronounced "ihg-nite".