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View definitions for set alight

set alight

verb as in fire

verb as in ignite

verb as in kindle

Strongest matches

Weak match

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All the men were shot, their bodies set alight—often before they expired.

In the last five years, a dozen camps have been set alight across the country.

More than 12 acres of trees were set alight by settlers from nearby Bat Ayin settlement.

Any match they do not desire, they oppose at once, and thereby set alight all the contradictory elements in your nature.

But none of these things that she had seen had set alight her eyes as they were lighted now.

She remembered that Wyvis had once said that the Red House would burn like tinder if it was ever set alight.

Out of such a 'flint' we strike sparks, and many a generous fire is set alight.

Sparks and burning embers flew past and set alight to the hill-top behind us.

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On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to set alight, such as: enkindle, ignite, kindle, light, put a match to, and set ablaze.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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