as in to rekindle
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Recent Examples of relight
When the pilot light will not relight after several attempts, the problem may be due to faulty or damaged components.
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Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2024
Never try to relight or pick up a firework that did not ignite fully.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 27 June 2024
In the moment, the correct response would have been to relight the candle, let the right kid blow it out and keep the party moving.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
Commentary: How dancing through rain and mud helped relight the lost fire of Burning Man
There were many successes — like the extravagant aerialists and fire dances who enlivened our dance floor.
—Morena Duwe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
The second stage, though, failed to relight its Merlin vacuum engine to put the 20 Starlink satellites into the intended orbit.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
People should also never try to relight or handle malfunctioning fireworks, CPSC warned.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 25 June 2024
The utility advised residents not to relight the pilot light themselves, saying employees will leave a callback number if someone isn’t home when workers visit.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
So Zion was either going to relight my fire or be my last big rock adventure for a while.
—Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 30 May 2020
Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2024
Never try to relight or pick up a firework that did not ignite fully.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 27 June 2024
In the moment, the correct response would have been to relight the candle, let the right kid blow it out and keep the party moving.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
Commentary: How dancing through rain and mud helped relight the lost fire of Burning Man
There were many successes — like the extravagant aerialists and fire dances who enlivened our dance floor.
—Morena Duwe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
The second stage, though, failed to relight its Merlin vacuum engine to put the 20 Starlink satellites into the intended orbit.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
People should also never try to relight or handle malfunctioning fireworks, CPSC warned.
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 25 June 2024
The utility advised residents not to relight the pilot light themselves, saying employees will leave a callback number if someone isn’t home when workers visit.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
So Zion was either going to relight my fire or be my last big rock adventure for a while.
—Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 30 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relight
Verb
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Others rekindled their inner child during the Covid-19 pandemic.Gary Denham, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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The pair rekindled their former romance in 2021 and tied the knot in July 2022.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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The miraculous rescue has reignited the debate about providing safe corridors for those seeking asylum in Europe.Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Tracy’s sister Robin, who was 11 years old when her sister was killed, shared with CNN that her father had visited the sheriff’s office several times in the years since the murder, hoping to reignite the investigation and find his daughter's killer.Clare Fisher, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Despite stoking the fears of cannabis advocates and industry folks, however, the policy shift didn’t impede state-level marijuana reform.Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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The rally has also been stoked by a series of the president-elect's appointments, with Paul Atkins being picked to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission on the same day that the cryptocurrency reached its benchmark number.Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Relight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relight. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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