How to use "ignite" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "ignite" in popular movie and book plots

  • Elizabeth is reluctant to have Mary executed because of the war it would likely ignite between England and Spain.  - Elizabeth I (miniseries)
  • The player shoots a hole in the gas tank, and uses a flare to ignite it as Nicklaus takes off.  - Spy Fiction
  • Bowden (Carlos Brown) uses gasoline to ignite some TNT inside the shack, blowing it up.  - Southern Comfort (1981 film)
  • Against all odds, Hale destroys the tower's power core, causing it to ignite in a massive explosion.  - Resistance: Fall of Man
  • They exchange gunfire and ignite the fuel tanks and cause a large explosion.  - Odds Against Tomorrow
  • Instead she takes out a box of matches, intending to ignite the gas and kill the Gelth along with herself.  - The Unquiet Dead
  • Karen spots the petrol and manages to ignite it just as Kayako is about to kill her.  - The Grudge
  • She tells him who she is, in hopes to ignite his memory.  - Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
  • As Jeeter and Ada sleep, sparks from the fire ignite the shingles of their house, which burns to the ground, killing them in their sleep.  - Tobacco Road (novel)
  • Averell's plan is to ignite a cattle war and promote his own political career by providing leadership once the war has begun.  - The Redhead from Wyoming
  • McClane uses his cigarette lighter to ignite the trail of fuel, which destroys the jet, killing Esperanza, Stuart and all on board.  - Die Hard 2
  • The Moties had studied it extensively and told the MacArthur expedition that it would ignite in about 1,000 years.  - The Gripping Hand
  • Ripley rallies the inmates and proposes they pour flammable toxic waste into the ventilation system and ignite it to flush out the Alien.  - Alien 3
  • Tracer bullets are also used to ignite the supercharger gland in their bodies.  - The Legacy of Heorot
  • Jinx secretly enters NASA's computer room and triggers a "thermal curtain failure", causing one of the boosters to ignite during the test.  - SpaceCamp
  • They try de-icing the buried craft with thermite heat bombs, but only ignite its metal alloy, causing an explosion that destroys the saucer.  - The Thing from Another World

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