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Set fire to

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cause (something) to be on fire; to set (something) alight. transitive

    "They set fire to the house."

  2. 2
    To destroy or dismantle (something). figuratively, transitive

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

  3. 3
    To stir up intense emotion or action in (something). figuratively, transitive

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

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