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sets fire

vb. (en-third-person singularset fire)

Usage examples of "sets fire".

For now comes his brother, Simon Materna, avenges Gregor Materna, and regardless of the seasons sets fire to timber-frame houses and proud-gabled granaries.

There are two mirrors because one is curved so that it strikes at a distance, the other sets fire at a closer range.

It must be one that will yield to fire, but not too swiftly, for whoever sets fire to it must have time to move away.

Kira sets fire to the cottage and tells Mullibok that it is time to get on with his life.

Darl sets fire to the barn where Addie's body is stored in an effort to spare his mother more degradation.