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set fire to en · VERB

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio

Meanings

(transitive) To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight.
- They set fire to the house.
- A freight train became completely derailed, blocking the tunnel entrance, and six of the wagons rolled down the mountainside, demolishing and setting fire on their way to a guard house, in which three soldiers were killed. 1941 October, “Notes and News: A Serious Swiss Derailment”, in Railway Magazine, page 469:
(figuratively, transitive) To destroy or dismantle (something).
- As soon as the new CEO arrived, he started setting fire to the old way of doing things.
(figuratively, transitive) To stir up intense emotion or action in (something).
- All it took was one word to set fire to the crowd.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
set fire in		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
setten fire to	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	dialectal	lexicographic
set fire upon		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
setting fire to	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
set fire into		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
sets fire to	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
set fire on		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
set fire by		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
set fire of		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
set fire to	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
set fire to	Tense=Past		lexicographic
set fire unto		alternative, archaic, poetic	lexicographic

Synonyms

set on fire · set on fire · torch · set light

Translations (33)

ru поджига́ть (to cause to be on fire) · sv sätta eld (på) (to cause to be on fire) · cs vznítit (to cause to be on fire) · ru подже́чь (to cause to be on fire) · pt atear (to cause to be on fire) · zdj utria mro (to cause to be on fire) · da sætte ild til (to cause to be on fire) · sk podpáliť (to cause to be on fire) · sm tutu le afi (to cause to be on fire) · sk zapáliť (to cause to be on fire) · fi sytyttää (to cause to be on fire) · et süütama (to cause to be on fire) · fr mettre le feu (to cause to be on fire) · sc affoghizare (to cause to be on fire) · qu kañay (to cause to be on fire) · uli hagsiu (to cause to be on fire) · it incendiare (to cause to be on fire) · es incendiar (to cause to be on fire) · zdj upatsiza (to cause to be on fire) · et läitma (to cause to be on fire) · pl podpalić (to cause to be on fire) · hi प्रज्वलन (to cause to be on fire) · es prender fuego (to cause to be on fire) · de anzünden (to cause to be on fire) · ro da foc (to cause to be on fire) · el βάζω φωτιά (to cause to be on fire) · pl podpalać (to cause to be on fire) · hit 𒇻𒊌𒆠𒄑𒍣 (to cause to be on fire) · es pegar fuego (to cause to be on fire) · ang onǣlan (to cause to be on fire) · yi אונטערצינדן (to cause to be on fire) · hi जलाना (to cause to be on fire) · cmn 放火 (to cause to be on fire)