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:

The International Herald Tribune, in a front-page article from Singapore by Michael Richardson, reported that the fierce austerity programs being demanded of Asian countries by the International Monetary Fund "could ignite virulent anti-Americanism" and "create dangerous instability in Asia."
Here the stems are reasonably certain, but they ignite an extended metaphor.
The conservative Jerusalem Post led its front page with the warning by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, following his Cairo summit with King Hussein of Jordan and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, that the negotiations deadlock and Israel's plan to expand Jerusalem could ignite violence that might prove unstoppable.
… An editorial warns that the bombardment of Chechnya could ignite a war in the Caucasus.
Why not call witnesses, inflame these incendiary accusers, and help them ignite the proceedings, perhaps torching their own party in the process?