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ignition

 noun
     
Related topics: Motor Vehicles
ig‧ni‧tion
1 [singular]TTC the electrical part of a vehicle's engine that makes it start working
2 [countable usually singular] the place in a car where you put in a key to start the engine
3 [uncountable] formal the act of starting to burn or of making something start to burn
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