Words similar to ignite

Example sentences for: ignite

How can you use “ignite” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Why not call witnesses, inflame these incendiary accusers, and help them ignite the proceedings, perhaps torching their own party in the process?
In truth, though, flash in the pan refers to the occasional misfiring of the old flintlock muskets when the flash of the primer in the pan of the rifle failed to ignite the explosion of the charge.
Just as sex increases dopamine in the accumbens, stubbing one's toe may ignite neurological anxiety.
Time stresses the historical angle, calling the Balkans a centuries-old "tinderbox" that the NATO airstrikes will ignite.
Here the stems are reasonably certain, but they ignite an extended metaphor.