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• v  to come to rest, settle
• v  come down
  the birds alighted
• s  lighted up by or as by fire or flame
  candles alight on the tables

• Protesters set the Tricolor alight in Qingdao.
• In Trappes, vandals burned 27 public buses; in Sevran, rioters ambushed a bus, sprinkled gasoline on the passengers, then set it alight, severely burning a disabled woman.
• Both of their clothes were alight.

• light
• perch
• climb down
• ablaze
• afire
• aflame
• aflare
• on fire

News & Articles

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• JUST IN: Police investigating bank robbery in York Township
  York Area Regional Police are on the scene of a bank robbery that happened Tuesday afternoon. Police say the robbery happened at the Fulton Bank at 2057 S. Queen Street. The suspect is described as a white male, alight complected black male or possibly a Hispanic male, who is approximately 6'  tall with a muscular build.  According to police, he was wearing a light blue long sleeve, button down ...
  June 11, 2013 - WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg
• Athens fireworks may be on
  Athens\' skies may be alight with fireworks on the Fourth of July after all - if enough community support is mustered in the form of cash by Sunday, June 16.
  June 7, 2013 - The Daily Post-Athenian
• Obama must turn up the heat on Tibet
  While President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping enjoy the Californian sunshine this week, a different kind of heat threatens Xi in his troublesome backyard, Tibet. Nearly 120 Tibetans have doused themselves in gasoline and set themselves alight in protest against Chinese occupation and repression. Most have died. Theirs is not the only form of protest. In November, students ...
  June 6, 2013 - Local 10 Miami

Quotes

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• Konnie Huq in ic Wales
  Ms Huq told Sky News: "There was a bit of a skirmish with a protester but the flame stayed alight. I expected there to be protests but I was not expecting to be wrestled by people." "I think that people feel very strongly about China and...
• Harry Redknapp in New Zealand Herald
  He'd set the place alight and the fans would love him,Redknapp said. "You could bring a couple of experienced people in alongside him and it wouldn't be a problem for him. Because of what he means to the place and what the fans think of...