set a fire

idiom

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

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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 The men, who set a fire and overpowered at least two guards, allegedly had the assistance of at least one guard in the Special Incarceration Unit, where inmates with discipline problems spend 23 hours a day in their cells. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025 Jonathan Quiles, of the Medford Fire Department, set a fire in a wooded area on Mount Vernon Avenue in Medford on Tuesday afternoon, Suffolk County police alleged in a news release. Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024 The family of a North Texas man killed in a standoff with deputies is suing the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, alleging that deputies intentionally set a fire at the man’s home while attempting to execute an arrest warrant and then shot him without provocation. James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024 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 29 Apr. 2025.

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