to set ablaze
1set ablaze — set on fire, ignite …
2set ablaze — {v. phr.} To cause to burn by lighting with a match or other incendiary device. * /The criminals poured gasoline on the house and set it ablaze with a small lighter./ …
3set ablaze — {v. phr.} To cause to burn by lighting with a match or other incendiary device. * /The criminals poured gasoline on the house and set it ablaze with a small lighter./ …
4set\ ablaze — v. phr. To cause to burn by lighting with a match or other incendiary device. The criminals poured gasoline on the house and set it ablaze with a small lighter …
5set ablaze — verb set fire to; cause to start burning (Freq. 1) Lightening set fire to the forest • Syn: ↑set aflame, ↑set on fire, ↑set afire • Hypernyms: ↑burn, ↑combust …
6set\ afire — • set afire • set on fire See: set ablaze …
7set\ on\ fire — • set afire • set on fire See: set ablaze …
8ablaze — adjective 1 be ablaze to be burning with a lot of flames, often causing serious damage: Within minutes the whole house was ablaze. | set sth ablaze (=make something burn a lot): A tanker was set ablaze in the gunboat attack. 2 filled with a lot… …
9ablaze — adj. 1) ablaze with (the city was ablaze with lights) 2) to set ablaze * * * [ə bleɪz] to set ablaze ablaze with (the city was ablaze with lights) …
10ablaze — [[t]əble͟ɪz[/t]] 1) ADJ: v n ADJ, v link ADJ Something that is ablaze is burning very fiercely. Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze. 2) ADJ: v link ADJ, usu ADJ with n If a place is ablaze with lights or colours, it is very bright because …
