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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