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View definitions for set fire to

set fire to

verb as in enkindle

Strong matches

verb as in fire

verb as in ignite

verb as in light

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Example Sentences

The demonstrators then set fire to the house allegedly belonging to a police officer accused of killing a protester.

From BBC

“The Israelis are sending a very clear message that nowhere is safe,” Dorotea Gucciardo, who coordinates Glia’s medical missions to Gaza, told Salon days after strikes on the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital set fire to patients in tents.

From Salon

In Phillips' Gotham, Lee is a mental hospital patient who is admitted involuntarily because she set fire to her parents' apartment.

From Salon

The messages were sent around the time that Swedish anti-Islam activists set fire to copies of the Islamic holy book.

From BBC

Lewis Connor, 27, was jailed for three years in July after the investigation found encrypted phone messages which proved he had set fire to properties and vehicles across Central Scotland.

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

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