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SET ON FIRE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set fire to; cause to start burning

Example:

Lightening set fire to the forest

Synonyms:

set ablaze; set afire; set aflame; set on fire

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "set on fire" is one way to...):

burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)

"Set on fire" entails doing...:

ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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