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Meanings of afire in English

Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.

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      1
      The mall was among dozens of buildings set afire following the dispersal.
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      2
      Looking down, she saw the piles of logs had been set afire.
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      3
      Bell was afire with enthusiasm; the first great step had been taken.
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      4
      Yes, he told himself, that part she'd play like a house afire.
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      5
      Your heart is already afire with the passion to help, to heal.
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      6
      Lewis, still alive, barely, was sprayed with burning gasoline and set afire.
      Death angel
      7
      The acid spattered on some of the papers, quickly setting them afire.
      The Master Mystery
      8
      He says that it seemed as if the whole world was afire.
      The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
      9
      Carts and wagons were overturned, shops looted, homes plundered and set afire.
      Dangerous Women
      10
      To drive the Jews off these buildings, the Romans set them afire.
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      11
      Everything was heaped up in the Piazza della Signoria and set afire.
      The monster of florence
      12
      He gave a torch to Simon, who set his own arrows afire.
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      13
      Great clouds of smoke covered these villages set afire by the bombardment.
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      14
      My back screamed with pain as if it had been set afire.
      The Wise Man’s Fear
      15
      She jerked the hand away as if the bill had been afire.
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      16
      Her arms were like two bullwhips, and they were usually set afire.
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