0 past simple and past participle of ignite
1 to (cause to) start burning or explode:
The proposed restrictions have ignited a storm of protest.
The fuel spontaneously ignites because of the high temperature and pressure.
A possibility of laser ignited target heating of the cold plasma confined in a mirror machine is conceivable, which amplifies the original inertial fusion energy.
All existing fires were extinguished, and a new fire was ritually ignited at a sacred location.
This is why its generation is not similar to ignited fire, but to the fire by which it is engendered.
The method also ignited a professional controversy, and in a very special way.
It is possible that someone dropped a match at the very same time as a fault ignited the accelerant.
For the direct conversion of the chemical energy into a laser pulse, the high explosive must be simultaneously ignited throughout the entire volume it occupies.
On the other hand, in the shell impact concept, the compressed deuterium-tritium fuel is ignited by a separately imploded shell traveling in a guiding cone.
The deuterium tritium pellet is first precompressed by a laser without being ignited.
