"The action sparked a massive protest," reads one account in today's news. Well, what does that mean?
A spark is a tiny flame, the little bits of fire that a welder gives off. But occasionally, a spark will create a fire--and that's when we say that something "sparked" either a fire, or more metaphorically, a situation.
Like so many of our words, "spark"comes from Middle English--and it's a very common word indeed!
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