set fire to
Example Sentences
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"We've set fire to four points from two home games," said Rosenior.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
Paroled Union soldiers at Camp Douglas in Chicago set fire to their barracks in protest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
I might just as well set fire to my money.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
A fourth man, Paul English, 61, was found not guilty of being recruited to set fire to the warehouse and obtaining money from a foreign intelligence service.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
On February 27, 1933, one month after Hitler’s appointment, a known Communist and arsonist set fire to the Reichstag, the parliamentary building.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
