set afire

Verb

Meaning

set fire to; cause to start burning

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

set on fire set ablaze set aflame kindle light fire lit ignite lighted inflame enkindle burn down ignited set alight catch on fire
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Antonyms

lower cold slow cloud torture suppress
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Hypernyms

burn combust

Examples

One tiny flame could make so many other flames; one tiny flame could set afire a whole world. Anne Rice

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages. Cyrano de Bergerac

When left to its own devices it tends to make me look as if I've been set afire. Patrick Rothfuss

Lightening set fire to the forest Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

set ablaze set about set adrift set aflame set after set against