set a fire

idiom

: to deliberately start a fire
Police think he set a fire in the bedroom.

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In 2014, an FAA contract employee set a fire to sabotage the FAA Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, Illinois. Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 8 May 2025 Owen McIntire, 19, of Parkville, allegedly made an incendiary device known as a Molotov cocktail and attempted to use it to set a fire at the Kansas City Tesla dealership on State Line Road on March 17. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2025 Police allege Balmer broke into the southern wing of the residence, entering a room often used to entertain crowds and display art, and set a fire using a homemade incendiary device. Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 Wagner is also alleged to have separately set a fire in the early morning hours of March 30 at the New Mexico state GOP party's headquarters in Albuquerque. Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for set a fire

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“Set a fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20a%20fire. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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