Examples of 'set afire' in a sentence
Meaning of "set afire"
set afire - This phrase refers to the deliberate act of causing something to catch fire or ignite. It implies the intentional action of starting a fire, often by using sources of heat, such as matches, lighters, or flammable substances, or by exposing something to fire. It suggests the act of causing flames to occur and consume an object or material
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- Synonym of set on fire
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Mattresses set afire on four disparate occasions.
And when the seas are set afire.
The victim was set afire here in the woods.
Libraries with centennial manuscripts were set afire.
The whole village was set afire and plundered.
To set afire the memory of you.
Many buildings were set afire by the.
He was forced to surrender after an adjacent building was set afire.
She was set afire and sunk.
The hearts of the flames have been set afire.
Nordkapp was set afire and scuttled by her crew.
One of his tanks was set afire.
She was set afire and burnt.
Then the fort is set afire.
She was set afire and scuttled the next day.
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I dreamt that our cattle shed was set afire.
Campobasso was also set afire and later sunk.
He was then doused with oil and set afire.
The remaining wagons were set afire with flaming arrows.
The one who touches them will be set afire.
Selected wooded areas were set afire to enable bulldozing operations.
The hearts ofthe flames have been set afire.
I want the companies set afire before time runs out.
Mikuma was hit by at least five bombs and set afire.
Our crop was set afire too.
Straw mats were wrapped about them and set afire.
Her commander ordered her set afire to prevent her capture.
The women and children left behind were set afire.
Many of them were captured and set afire in front of the emir.
The offices were doused with gasoline and set afire.
In succession each mound of brush is set afire as the parade reaches the neighbourhood.
They were as dry wood that any spark could set afire.
Monte Pascoal was set afire and was scuttled.
Burning in a place we set afire.
The synagogue was set afire during Kristallnacht and was later torn down.
Our village was set afire.
A few houses that were set afire by just these Wallachians multiplied the fear.
The soul gradually set afire.
All cotton in the area was set afire to prevent it falling into Union hands.
I am sure the woman was passionate about being set afire.
Her sister ship Essex was set afire when one of the kamikazes crashed into her.
Like a rebellion set afire.
They set afire houses in Ilija.
One became stranded on the beach and was set afire by its crew.
Was set afire during the Pearl Harbor attack.
The bodies are buried there and the cabin is then set afire.
He did it here . the victim was set afire here in the woods.
Either you remove the battery or you submerge it water or you set afire.
Despite Hyūga 's protection, Chiyoda was set afire and her engines were disabled.
Some were hung from trees and beaten, others were set afire.
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Afire has broken out on the premises
Mattresses set afire on four disparate occasions
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