Synonyms for set on fire
set on fire

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1. set on fireverb

   To cause to begin to burn.

   Synonyms:
   set fire to, fire, set aflame, ignite, set ablaze, set alight, set afire

2. set on fireverb

   Synonyms:
   inflame, excite, ignite, rouse

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1. set on fire

   To burn is to subject to the action of fire, or of intense heat so as to effect either partial change or complete combustion; as, to burn wood in the fire; to burn one's hand on a hot stove; the sun burns the face. One brands with a hot iron, but cauterizes with some corrosive substance, as silver nitrate. Cremate is now used specifically for consuming a dead body by intense heat. To incinerate is to reduce to ashes; the sense differs little from that of cremate, but it is in less popular use. To kindle is to set on fire, as if with a candle; ignite is the more learned and scientific word for the same thing, extending even to the heating of metals to a state of incandescence without burning. To scorch and to singe are superficial, and to char usually so. Both kindle and burn have an extensive figurative use; as, to kindle strife; to burn with wrath, love, devotion, curiosity. Compare LIGHT.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, brand, burn, cauterize, char, consume, cremate, flame, flash, ignite, incinerate, kindle, scorch, set fire to, singe

   Antonyms:
   cool, extinguish, put out, smother, stifle, subdue

   Preposition:
   To burn in the fire, burn with fire; burn to the ground, burn to ashes; burn through the skin, or the roof; burn into the soil, etc.

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1. set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afireverb

   set fire to; cause to start burning

   "Lightening set fire to the forest"

   Synonyms:
   set aflame, set ablaze, set afire

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1. set on fire

   Synonyms:
   inflame, kindle, ignite, set fire to

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1. Cristina Baker:

   I came in one way and left that room a completely different person. My heart was set on fire. I felt free. I wanted to turn my life around. From there, I went through a process of healing. It took a few months to get off the drugs, but I was ready to be free from it all – the drugs, the alcohol, all the things I was doing that were hurting me and others. I just felt like God was breaking the chains one by one.

2. Ron Johnson:

   I also condemned the 570 riots that occurred during the summer. So many people ignored those. The lieutenant governor has made excuses for those rioters saying ‘Well what do you expect? They’re frustrated,' if you want to talk about rioting, we should take a look at what happened in Kenosha. The day after the first night of rioting, when a used car lot was set on fire, instead of trying to calm things down, the lieutenant governor gave a press conference.

3. Thomas Paine, Common Sense:

   When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.

4. Erik Pevernagie:

   In our “iconocratic” society people need the escapist and distracting effect of imagery. Their imagination must be triggered day by day, as the monotony of daily life has to be set on fire, constantly. Not tomorrow, but today. ("Give me more images")

5. Alighieri Dante:

   Pride, envy, avarice -- these are the sparks have set on fire the souls of man.