Antonyms of verb ignite

1 of 3 senses of ignite

Sense 1
ignite, light -- (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette")
       Antonym of extinguish (Sense 2)
      => snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench -- (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ignite

3 senses of ignite

Sense 1
ignite, light -- (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette")
       => burn, combust -- (cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels")

Sense 2
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate -- (start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously")
       => change state, turn -- (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election")

Sense 3
inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up -- (arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred")
       => arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke -- (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy")

Antonyms of adj ignited

1 sense of ignited

Sense 1
ignited, enkindled, kindled -- (set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire")

INDIRECT (VIA lighted) -> unlighted, unlit -- (not set afire or burning; "the table was bare, the candles unlighted"; "held an unlit cigarette")

Similarity of adj ignited

1 sense of ignited

Sense 1
ignited, enkindled, kindled -- (set afire; "the ignited paper"; "a kindled fire")
       => lighted (vs. unlighted), lit -- (set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker")

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