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Set ablaze   /sɛt əblˈeɪz/   Listen
Set ablaze

verb
1.
Set fire to; cause to start burning.  Synonyms: set afire, set aflame, set on fire.






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"Set ablaze" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Law To frighten honest folk, sirs, We'll set ablaze and fumigate The country ...
— British Socialism - An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals • J. Ellis Barker

... spectacularly rapid reaction of oxidation. But people used electricity for heat and light and power. Mankind had moved out of the age of fire. So here on Tallien it seemed inevitable that infective material should be sprayed with antiseptics instead of simply set ablaze. ...
— The Hate Disease • William Fitzgerald Jenkins



Words linked to "Set ablaze" :   combust, light, burn, ignite



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