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What is the verb for ignited?

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ignite
  1. (transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)
  2. (transitive) to spark off (something), to trigger
  3. (intransitive) to commence burning.
  4. (chemistry) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Ahab called upon his god to bring down fire and ignite the wood.”
      “Dead limbs on trees ignite from sparks, sometimes at considerable height above the ground.”
      “We wanted to ignite public interest in the old historical building.”
ignites
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ignite
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  3. Examples:
    1. “When hatred of foreign policies ignites into hatred of an entire people and their civilization, then thinking is dead and demonology lives.”
      “When an overloaded plug begins to spark or when the pilot light in a boiler ignites in a house where the gas has been left on?”
      “I feel his lips curve into a smirk against my cheek and a flare of anger ignites within me.”
ignited
  1. simple past tense and past participle of ignite
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The unpiloted vehicle's supersonic combustion ramjet, or scramjet, ignited as planned and operated for the duration of its hydrogen fuel supply.”
      “Officials said the fire was caused by an air conditioner short-circuit that ignited bedding and curtains and spread quickly through the prison.”
      “The gas probably ignited from the heat radiating off the fire or from an electrical spark.”
igniting
  1. present participle of ignite
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A few years later, platforms were mandated to prevent pilot lights from igniting gasoline fumes.”
      “They confirmed that a man entered the second-hand shop at around 1pm and sprayed an accelerant, believed to be petrol, around before igniting it.”
      “When a firing pin drops on a primer igniting the powder charge, the cartridge and cylinder move slightly forward.”
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