Set-on-fire Definition

verb
To cause to begin to burn.
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(figuratively) To arouse passionate feelings in.
You set my heart on fire.
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Simple past tense and past participle of set on fire.
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Synonyms:
  • set afire
  • set aflame
  • set ablaze

Set-on-fire Sentence Examples

  • Lutzen was set on fire as a precaution.

  • On the 2nd of February 1829 the woodwork of the choir was set on fire by Jonathan Martin, a madman.

  • He refused the appear- pay of certain of the Turkish troops, and was immediance of ately assassinated A desperate conflict ensued between Mehemet the Albanians and Turks; and the palace was set on fire and plundered.

  • Three hundred guns covered the assault, and Dresden was set on fire in places by the cannonade, while the French columns marched unceasingly over the bridges and through the Altstadt.

  • Houses are set on fire in your presence and you stand by!

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