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

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

But everyday people expressed their political outrage time and again, throwing rocks at and demolishing the houses of government officials, torching the king’s ships and forts and, eventually, marching to battle. — Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026

In 1984, then unknown monologist Whoopi Goldberg premiered her provocative, thought-provoking one-woman show on Broadway, torching the rulebook of traditional solo performance in one of the most electrifying debuts of the era. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 June 2026

Setting intentional forest fires and letting other low-severity ones burn can significantly lower the chances of extreme blazes torching those same areas in the future, according to a new study released Thursday, while reducing toxic smoke over time. — Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 11 June 2026