set fire

About 1.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   They set fire to the house.

2. verb To destroy or dismantle (something).

   As soon as the new CEO arrived, he started setting fire to the old way of doing things.

3. verb To stir up intense emotion or action in (something).

   All it took was one word to set fire to the crowd.

Similar words

fire light set on fire alight set alight ignite enfire inflame put to the torch tend