set fire to

idiom

: to deliberately cause something to burn
Someone set fire to the shack.

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As news of the latest media attacks circulated on Sunday, local media reported that armed gang members had set fire to yet another armored vehicle belonging to the Haiti National Police. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2025 Listen to this article A Michigan man drove more than 11 hours and 700 miles to set fire to the home of his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in the Philadelphia suburbs, police said Monday. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025 In December, gangs pillaged and set fire to the Bernard Mevs Hospital, one of the few critical-care facilities in the country. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025 Years ago, Odell of course infamously set fire to a man who’d abducted a young girl, after torturing him for information. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for set fire to

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“Set fire to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20fire%20to. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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