set fire
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Synonyms: set afire, sea fire, sets fire, spit fire, set free, red fire, sea fir, set fair, fen fire, set line, seafire
Antonyms: set afire, sea fire, sets fire, spit fire, set free, red fire, sea fir, set fair, fen fire, set line, seafire
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Verb
- To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- They set fire to the house.
- To destroy or dismantle (something).
- As soon as the new CEO arrived, he started setting fire to the old way of doing things.
- To stir up intense emotion or action in (something).
- All it took was one word to set fire to the crowd.
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