set fire to

idiom

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

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Investigators believe the suspect also deliberately set fire to the church, which appeared engulfed in flames in photos and videos shared on social media. Joe Hernandez, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025 Earlier this month, a suspect set fire to a synagogue in Florida. Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 Sanford rammed his truck through the front doors of the church on Sunday morning during service and purposefully set fire to the building. Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025 Sanford, who also allegedly set fire to the church, was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police, authorities said. Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 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 29 Sep. 2025.

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