Cause and Ignite

Cause

Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

Ignite and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ignite" instead a verb "Cause".

Ignite

Ignite verb - To set (something) on fire.

Cause and ignite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Ignite".

Nearby Words: ignition, igniter, igniting

Common collocations

reaction cause reaction ignite reaction
fire cause fire ignite fire
people cause people ignite people
war cause war ignite war
Other words: wars.

Both words in one sentence

  • Death World 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.
  • Earth-Shattering Kaboom 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.
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