lighted match

collocation in English

meaningsoflightedandmatch

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lighted
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈlaɪ.t̬ɪd/
burning or starting ...
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match
noun
uk
/mætʃ/us
/mætʃ/
mainly UK
a sports competition or event in which two people or teams compete against ...
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(Definition oflightedandmatchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflighted match

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The elements of the arson condition, for example, might include a flammable liquid, alightedmatch, and a person intending to burn the building down.
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For example, it was common for a two-year-old child to be able to follow alightedmatchwith his eyes, but not to repeat a series of three numbers.
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Within the context of the scheme of labels, it seems odd to have that sign but not thelightedmatch.
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Did not the report allow the possibility that the fire was caused by a droppedlightedmatch?
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Let us imagine for a moment that a boy is discovered with alightedmatchin hand, about to set fire to an empty classroom.
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To do otherwise, to reduce taxes without getting some restraint on wages, would be like throwing alightedmatchin a pool of petrol.
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What is the case for including thelightedmatchtest?
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The standard provides a test not merely for smouldering cigarettes but for ignition bylightedmatch—the butane test.
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She must accept, as the report does, that the fire could have been started not by a smouldering cigarette but by a droppedlightedmatch.
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You might as well drop alightedmatchon a powder-barrel.
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However, for furniture which does not comply with thelightedmatchtest there is simply an exclamation mark.
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Talk about taking alightedmatchinto a powder magazine!
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When, however, trees are young, and there is undergrowth, a careless individual throwing down a cigarette orlightedmatchmight cost the country thousands of pounds in a few minutes.
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It is a pity that she has not brought herself to widen the regulations to such an extent that they include thelightedmatchtest as well.
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The fire is a typical example of the great danger of polyurethane foam and a prime example of why thelightedmatchtest is so vital.
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Once an unprincipled sophomore crept up behind him and touched alightedmatchto the manuscript.
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The cause of the fire was thought to be a cigarette end orlightedmatchdropped against a partition in the corridor.
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If anyone threw alightedmatchor a piece of lighted paper on the ground he would extinguish it with a growl.
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One of the spectators touched alightedmatchto the alcohol, shattering the glass and injuring several onlookers.
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