Definition of Ignite

to arouse or give energy to a situation

Examples of Ignite in a sentence

The march in Selma was just what Dr. Martin Luther King needed to ignite others around the nation.  🔊

Issues like abortion and gay marriage always seem to ignite emotional responses from people on both sides of the coin.  🔊

Rodney King’s assault caused a chain reaction that would ignite protests against the police throughout the nation.  🔊

Nothing could ignite the group of protesters like injustice committed against one of their own.  🔊

Flu experts believe that the strange strand might ignite the next influenza pandemic.  🔊

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