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• s  lighted up by or as by fire or flame
  forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning

• Lwow, the Ukrainian capital, was bombed, strafed, set afire, its water supply cut off, but the invaders did not stop to occupy it.
• Purdy set his station wagon afire with a gasoline-filled beer bottle.
• The quintuplets born to Mary Ann Fischer, 30, wife of a billing clerk in a wholesale grocery, were thriving, and the town was afire with pride.

• ablaze
• aflame
• aflare
• alight
• on fire

News & Articles

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• Man sets himself - not his intended victim - on fire
  He burst into a man’s home and tried to set him on fire. But he ended up setting himself afire instead.
  June 20, 2013 - The Wichita Eagle
• Man given probation for 2011 case involving car fires, theft
  OROVILLE — A man was given five years probation Wednesday for a 2011 incident where two cars were set afire and a third was found crashed.
  June 20, 2013 - Chico Enterprise-Record
• 10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
  A demonstrator jumps over trash set afire during protests against poor public services, police violence and government corruption, in Sao Paulo on June 18, 2013.
  June 20, 2013 - Business Insider

Quotes

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• Mike Huckabee in International Herald Tribune
  We certainly come into this scene with momentum,Huckabee said, likening his bid to "a house afire."
• Jim McDermott in San Diego Union Tribune
  Everywhere they go on the Internet, all they see is the draft, the draft, the draft,said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash. "The Rock the Vote effort among kids in this country is afire and they (Republicans) know it. They're trying their best to...
• Omar Abdullah in Thaindian.com (blog)
  The result was bad governance, and at the end of the day they ended up in setting afire the state and creating religious and regional divisions,Omar said, referring to the Amarnath land row that left the people divided on Hindu-Muslim lines.