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SET AFIRE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set fire to; cause to start burning
Example:
Lightening set fire to the forest
Synonyms:
set ablaze; set afire; set aflame; set on fire
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "set afire" is one way to...):
burn; combust (cause to burn or combust)
"Set afire" entails doing...:
ignite; light (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
