set on fire

Touch off flames

To set something on fire is to ignite it, causing it to burn: Someone set the building on fire.

The phrase emphasizes deliberate action more than simply "light" or "ignite." Figuratively, to set something on fire is to energize or transform it dramatically: Her speech set the crowd on fire.

combustion

ignite

Start burning something

light · spark · combust · flare · blaze · flame · smolder · char · scorch · conflagrate

arson

arsonist

One who illegally ignites

firebomb · insurance fraud · investigation · felony · criminal · deliberately · malicious · gasoline · kerosene · evidence

figurative

spark

Tiny fiery particle

burning love · fervor · intensity · desire · excitement · enthusiasm · inspire · awaken · stir · enkindle

destruction

inferno

Devastating, uncontrollable blaze

raze · devastate · wildfire · spreading · uncontrollable · damage · charred · ruins · smoke · firefighter

incite

provoke

Incite a response

rouse · stir up · galvanize · trigger · enrage · whip up · rabble-rouse · mobilize · rebellion · riot

Opposites
combustion state

set on fireextinguish

End combustion forcibly

put out · douse · quench · snuff out · smother

temperature/thermal state

set on firefreeze

Become solid from cold

cool · chill · ice · cool down · refrigerate

destruction vs. preservation

set on firefireproof

Unable to ignite

protect · save · preserve · safeguard · shield

Family

fire, set, inflame, ignition, inflamed, incendiary, incinerate, conflagration, inflaming

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG