WordNet
v. set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire to the forest" [syn: set aflame, set on fire, set afire]
Usage examples of "set ablaze".
From a flare set ablaze by the frugal woman who was determined to protect her breadfruit, Teroro saw that Tehani was naked except for a hastily grabbed skirt which she held before her, and he rediscovered her spectacular beauty.
Chunks of white-hot metal spin wildly through the air, as duralloy is set ablaze by the intense, star-core heat of projectiles of fusion fire.
The world was burning, as it had burned so many times before-set ablaze not by the hand of the gods, nor by the power of the Stars, but by ordinary men and women, Star-crazed, cast into a desperate panic that urged them to restore the normal light of day by any means they could find.
Three of Turlocks sailors were killed, and when the rest had been herded aboard the frigate, the old black pirate sloop was set ablaze and Turlock, in captivity, had to watch it sink into the Atlantic, while his crew was chained for transport to London.
The three ships formed up, moved in close to shore, and set ablaze most of the island's rickety buildings.
During the long day after Stronghold was set ablaze, other people in other keeps learned what had happened.
When the first rays of the sun struck Suzail, the wood was set ablaze, and Ondeth's spirit was sent to join his brothers' and Mondar's in the halls of the gods.
Within seconds the fire streaked up the rigging and set ablaze the mizzensail, the last of three.
Flames scorched skyward as fuel tanks and kindling from the ancient constructions were set ablaze.
His cellar is full of oiled bales of straw, ready to stack around us and set ablaze.