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Definitions

set on fire

ADJECTIVE

fired

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burned

STRONG

alight baked burning enkindled glowing heated kindled kindling scorched smoking smoldering

WEAK

ablaze afire aflame incandescent on fire

VERB

fire

Synonyms

STRONG

enkindle ignite kindle light

WEAK

put a match to set ablaze set aflame set alight set fire to start a fire touch off

Antonyms

STRONG

extinguish put out

VERB

heat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bake boil broil grill ignite melt reheat roast sear steam thaw toast warm

STRONG

bask blaze chafe char enkindle fire flame flush frizzle fry glow incandesce incinerate inflame kindle oxidate oxidize perspire scald scorch seethe singe smelt sun swelter

WEAK

calorify enflame grow hot grow warm raise the temperature tepefy warm up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

freeze

STRONG

put out

WEAK

cool

VERB

light

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burn ignite kindle

STRONG

enkindle fire flame inflame spark

WEAK

set fire to strike a match

Antonyms

STRONGEST

extinguish put out

WEAK

drench quench

Example Sentences

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A 25-metre high wooden structure is set on fire at the Nikola Lanivets art park in Russia's Kaluga region as part of celebrations for Maslenitsa.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

Not much mention is made of Alexandria’s library—first set on fire accidentally by Julius Caesar and damaged fatally over the ensuing years—or its epic lighthouse, one of the fabled Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

The rest run through solitary experiments in chemistry, physics and explosives: A hydrogen balloon is set on fire.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

I’m leaning into hyperbole, but in the moment, it felt like bedlam had been set on fire.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025

Like a piece of my heart has been carved out and set on fire.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

set on fire

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