Flash and Ignite

Flash

Flash verb - To shoot forth bursts of light.

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

Nearby Words: flashy, flashed, flashing, flasher, flashback

Ignite verb - To set (something) on fire.

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

Nearby Words: ignition, igniter, igniting

Artistic License Chemistry: Crude oil is much harder to ignite than gasoline due to impurities (its flash point is around 100 degrees Fahrenheit); in the bitter cold of an Alaskan winter it would be no small task to start an oil fire.

Source: Film / 30 Days of Night
The Flash (2014): In "Crazy For You", sparks from a fallen power line ignite a trail of gasoline leaking from a crashed car.

Source: Vapor Trail
In the Tom Clancy novel The Cardinal Of The Kremlin, the information from the title spy would be typed up in the American Embassy on flash paper and inserted into a container which would ignite if anyone tried to mess with it.

Source: Self-Destructing Security

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