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Meanings of
set aflame
in English
Portuguese
queimar
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Set fire to; cause to start burning.
set ablaze
set on fire
set afire
Portuguese
queimar
Usage of
set aflame
in English
1
The unrest often targets northerners, and northern-owned businesses have been
set
aflame
.
2
He's like a cake of ice dipped in alcohol and
set
aflame
.
3
The unrest has often targeted northerners, and northern-owned businesses have been
set
aflame
.
4
The dragon Abdo clung to had been
set
aflame
and decapitated.
5
Her bag had been meanly seared when half the flock was
set
aflame
.
6
She and Charlie didn't live in a city
set
aflame
.
7
A small cannonball, wrapped in oil-soaked rags and
set
aflame
.
8
A night bird had been
set
aflame
,
its cry quick and final as it perished.
9
The infantry fight ceases, until the foremost buildings are
set
aflame
on all three sides.
10
He could also see the fires where the wells and storage tanks had been
set
aflame
.
11
He had not been able to track down the girlfriend that the ex-con had
set
aflame
.
12
TV images showed a building with extensive damage, and police said it had also been
set
aflame
.
13
It is typically served in a snifter, with water and a sugar cube added, and
set
aflame
.
14
The building is lighted by several thousand gas jets, which are all
set
aflame
simultaneously by electricity.
15
The green had been charred, too, by lighter fluid splashed on the grass and then
set
aflame
.
16
Both were killed by a Jheleck raiding party, murdered in their home, which was then
set
aflame
.
Other examples for "set aflame"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
set
aflame
set
Verb
Adjective
Translations for
set aflame
Portuguese
queimar
atear fogo
incendiar
Set aflame
through the time
Set aflame
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common