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Meanings of set afire in English

Portuguese
queimar

Set fire to; cause to start burning.

queimar
Usage of set afire in English
1
The mall was among dozens of buildings set afire following the dispersal.
Reuters
2
Looking down, she saw the piles of logs had been set afire.
A nest for celeste: a story about art, inspiration, and the mean...
3
Lewis, still alive, barely, was sprayed with burning gasoline and set afire.
Death angel
4
Carts and wagons were overturned, shops looted, homes plundered and set afire.
Dangerous Women
5
Everything was heaped up in the Piazza della Signoria and set afire.
The monster of florence
6
Great clouds of smoke covered these villages set afire by the bombardment.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
7
My back screamed with pain as if it had been set afire.
The Wise Man’s Fear
8
Her arms were like two bullwhips, and they were usually set afire.
The saint of dragons
9
Every limb of My body would, as a result, be set afire.
Messages to America / Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed ...
10
No theory has been advanced as to why the house was set afire.
A touch of death
11
The torch was lowered, a match was struck, and the pitch set afire.
White fire
12
A great pile of brush, twigs, and trash were set afire and destroyed.
Buffalo Roost / A Story of a Young Men's Christian Association B...
13
There's more than one who suspects the town was set afire last December.
Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
14
The banner he had carried was planted in the muddy ground and set afire.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
15
How the stack had been set afire was a mystery.
Hiram the Young Farmer
16
Exasperation almost strangled him and set afire his unhinged brain.
In Secret
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common