set afire

Thesaurus

Verb

set afire - set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire to the forest"set ablaze, set aflame, set on firecombust, burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

Translations

incendiare

set afire

To light (something) on fire. Do they know how the building was set afire? The trash can was probably set afire by some punk kids looking for trouble on a Friday night.See also: afire, set

set afire

verb

Synonyms for set afire

verb set fire to

Synonyms

set ablaze
set aflame
set on fire

Related Words

combust
burn

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