Synonyms of torching

torching

verb

present participle of torch

as in burning

to set (something) on fire

police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• scorching
• igniting
• firing
• lighting
• kindling
• inflaming
• baking
• illuminating
• incinerating
• cooking
• charring
• enkindling
• immolating
• illumining
• broiling
• ashing
• lightening
• stoking
• cremating
• searing
• setting off
• brightening
• irradiating
• rekindling
• radiating
• relighting
• deflagrating
• scalding
• scathing
• kilning
• banking
• reigniting
• frizzling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguishing
• quenching
• choking
• putting out
• smothering
• suffocating
• dousing
• stamping (out)
• darkening
• obscuring
• snuffing (out)
• blackening
• dimming
• dulling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of torching

Prescott has started this season hot and leads the league in passing touchdowns, and Jackson is off to a similarly blistering start after torching the Saints and Indianapolis Colts in the first two games. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

In Southeast Asia, wildfires are torching forests and peatlands in Indonesia, sending up plumes of toxic haze. — Edna Tarigan, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Is Finally Getting Around to Watching Entourage The superagent on Roll the Calls, torching his enemies, and betting on a post-work utopia. — Britina Cheng, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

When firefighters arrived, the blaze had already spread across several acres and crossed property lines, with flames reaching about 20 feet and torching trees, fire officials said. — Doug Myers, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Allen, the league’s 2024 MVP, spent his Sunday torching a Texans defense that went into the season billed by many as the NFL’s best. — Michael Silver, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

The internet was torching Mount Carmel, which was getting embarrassed on ESPN. — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Video showed locals draped in Spanish flags, shouting anti-migrant slogans, and singing Spanish songs, torching the camp and throwing migrants’ belongings in the Mediterranean or into bonfires. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026

The Claremont Fire in the Boise Foothills had scorched 6,800 acres of terrain by Tuesday afternoon, torching sagebrush and shrubs, wildflowers and weeds, and narrowly avoiding homes. — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026