Cause
Ignite
Ignite verb - To set (something) on fire.
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Both words in one sentence
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The ridiculously high oxygen levels of the Carboniferous swamps meant that any lightning would cause the air to ignite.
Source: Death World - Guns do work and some people know how to make them, but they're considered impractical because chaos mages can cause gunpowder to ignite from a distance, killing the would-be gunslinger.
Source: Fantasy Gun Control / Literature -
Clarke's 2010: The Year We Make Contact (both film and book) the Sufficiently Advanced Aliens who made The Monolith invoke its abilities to cause Jupiter to collapse and ignite as a star.
Source: Earth-Shattering Kaboom
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