The phrase "avoid igniting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one wants to prevent something from catching fire or starting a conflict.
Example: "To ensure safety in the laboratory, we must avoid igniting any flammable materials during the experiment."
Alternatives: "prevent sparking" or "steer clear of igniting".
The BBC quotes officials saying Downing Street has prevented publication of the report, which has been ready since last year, to avoid igniting controversy.
"What we decided today was to have better and more accurate public communication in order to allow the public to be better informed about this situation — to avoid igniting xenophobia," Mr. Mocanu said.
But an aeroplane carrying a rocket can fly to the window instead.Air launches are also a greener way of getting into space, because they avoid igniting rockets in the lower atmosphere.
Officials say the prime minister's team has prevented publication of the report, which has been ready since last year, to avoid igniting controversy.
The BBC's Newsnight programme, which first reported the story, said it had been told by officials that No 10 had prevented publication of the report to avoid igniting controversy.
SAN FRANCISCO — An attorney is vowing to appeal a federal court ruling that a Northern California high school that asked students to remove American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo acted reasonably to avoid igniting ethnic tensions.
People therefore avoided igniting the sticks at both ends, and they took care that no splinters were left half-burned.
"Medicine for the Outdoors," by Dr. Auerbach, gives some advice that is deadly serious and other that is better suited to a Mel Brooks movie, as in his suggestion, in the case of flatulence in the wild, to avoid trying to ignite intestinal gas.
Beirutis are furious that their government failed to avoid a crisis ignited by the long-scheduled closure of a major landfill site last week.
In a heavily tribal culture, residents avoid confrontations that might ignite an endless cycle of revenge killings, which is one reason the wary truce largely holds, experts said.
One reason Al Jazeera won such a huge following is by broadcasting unvarnished, often gory reports about the Arab-Israeli dispute, something government-run stations in the Arab world long avoided for fear of igniting restive populations.
