ignite, light - cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"

set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set on fire - set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire to the forest"

catch fire, take fire, ignite, combust, conflagrate, erupt - start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"

char, coal - burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"

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"

blow out - erupt in an uncontrolled manner; "The oil well blew out"

catch - start burning; "The fire caught"

light up - start to burn with a bright flame; "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"

combust, burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

rage - feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"

anger - make angry; "The news angered him"

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"

burn down, burn up, go up - burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"

smolder, smoulder - burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"

burn, burn down, fire - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"

scorch, sear, singe - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"

deflagrate - burn with great heat and intense light; "the powder deflagrated"

flame - be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"

blaze up, burn up, flame up, flare - burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"

blaze - burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"