"ignite opposition" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which a comment or action has caused a group of people to become more determined to express their disagreement or disagreement with a particular topic or opinion. For example, "The politician's controversial comment about immigration policies ignited opposition among voters."
Many of the buildings are so-called as-of-right developments that do not require the public filing of shadow assessments, which can ignite opposition with their eye-popping renderings of the impact shadows will have on surrounding areas.
Or it might have been, as some city officials said, an attempt by budget opponents to twist the offhand remarks of one town official to help ignite opposition to the budget and its 6.9percenttaxax increase.
As the industry well knows, however, solar power can ignite opposition from entrenched interests.
Similar concerns about density and relentless gentrification ignited opposition to a pair of sprawling luxury developments in Greenpoint.
Announcement of plans for the law building ignited opposition to the impending demolition of those two structures.
But the plan has ignited opposition from online advocacy groups and industry specialists who say it would slow browsing speeds and do little to block undesirable content.
Even though the resolution is nonbinding and does not go to the Senate or to President Clinton for approval, it has ignited opposition.
In other cases, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's use of an Internet wiretap system initially known as Carnivore ignited opposition from privacy advocates and a number of Republican lawmakers, who said the technology sampled the communications of many customers of an Internet provider, not just the suspects.
Still, Mr. Powell is described by close aides as feeling as strongly as ever that an attack on Iraq without the support of France, Russia, China and other nations would pose a dangerous risk of igniting opposition and perhaps turmoil in the Arab world.
The FCC's solution to the issue ignited opposition.
But that would ignite intense opposition from Republicans, especially with the economy deep in recession.
