Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb set_afire

1 sense of set afire

Sense 1
set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afire -- (set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire to the forest")
       => burn, combust -- (cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels")