easily ignite

Frequency: 7.010.2 per million words

to catch fire with little effort or heat

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Examples (10)

  • Many dry materials can easily ignite in hot weather.
  • The old parchment would easily ignite if exposed to a flame.
  • His flammable clothing could easily be ignited by a stray spark.
  • Certain chemicals are known to easily ignite when mixed.
  • A small amount of friction was enough to easily ignite the tinder.
  • The highly volatile substance tends to easily ignite at room temperature.
  • New safety regulations aim to prevent materials from easily igniting.
  • Paper, being a dry material, will easily ignite under direct heat.
  • Be careful, as this fabric can easily ignite near an open flame.
  • The dry leaves and branches easily ignited, causing the fire to spread rapidly.