setting alight
Putting to torch
Setting alight means causing something to catch fire, to ignite it: Someone had been setting cars alight in the neighborhood.
The phrase emphasizes the deliberate act of starting a fire, often with destructive intent.
Figuratively, to set something alight is to energize or excite it: Her speech set the crowd alight.
- torchingSetting fire to
- arson attackMalicious property burning
- burning downDestroying by fire
- going up in smokeBeing destroyed or wasted
- catching fireBeginning to combust
up in flames · striking a match · kindle · matchstick · spark · ignite · fire starter · inspire · awaken · stimulate · kerosene · incinerate · combust · controlled burn · flint · scorch · firewood · smolder
setting alightextinguishing
Causing to stop burning
putting out · dousing · quenching · smothering · snuffing out
setting alightdarkening
Growing less bright
blacking out · dimming · switching off · extinguishing · snuffing
setting alightextinguishing
Causing to stop burning
putting out · suppressing · quelling · subduing · controlling
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