IGNITED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ignited mean? 

• IGNITED (adjective)
  The adjective IGNITED has 1 sense:

1. set afire

  Familiarity information: IGNITED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IGNITED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set afire

Synonyms:

enkindled; ignited; kindled

Context example:

a kindled fire

Similar:

lighted; lit (set afire or burning)

 Context examples 

The police theory is that a most sensational crime has been committed, that the victim was clubbed to death in his own bedroom, his papers rifled, and his dead body dragged across to the wood-stack, which was then ignited so as to hide all traces of the crime.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)