afire
Example Sentences
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His mother and two sisters perished in the church, where the SS soldiers had assembled the women and children of Oradour before setting the building afire with grenades.
From Washington Post
The attackers set their own vehicle afire and fled, setting off a manhunt.
From Seattle Times
When the toxic spill from a railroad derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was set afire, dioxin, a chemical in Agent Orange, was likely created.
From Washington Post
In August, as Ukraine celebrated its Independence Day, a Russian missile strike hit a rail station east of the city of Dnipro, crushing passenger cars and setting them afire.
From New York Times
Mesmarian is accused of ramming a car through a fence and setting the vehicle afire early Jan. 4 at a sprawling solar array in the desert northeast of Las Vegas.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
