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set ablaze

VERB
  1. set fire to; cause to start burning
    Lightening set fire to the forest

How To Use set ablaze In A Sentence

  • Mobs of Right-wing thugs set ablaze a tent city housing refugees outside Leipzig and torched a hostel in Zielitz.
  • forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning
  • The building was set ablaze in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence that could condemn a former mayor of involvement in a payroll scandal. Times, Sunday Times
  • An eerie orange glow lights up the devastation of Bijlmermeer - the Amsterdam suburb set ablaze by a crashing El Al plane.
  • Truck after truck was set ablaze as the fire spread.
  • Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
  • On Friday night 502 vehicles were set ablaze, the highest total for three days, and 206 people were arrested.
  • Cars and buses were set ablaze during the riot.
  • Buildings were set ablaze in the black neighborhood; whites and blacks exchanged gunfire.
  • The perimeter fence was also set ablaze, windows smashed, plants destroyed and buildings daubed with graffiti.
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