Usually means: Ignite or cause to burn.
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  5. set afire: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ verb:  Synonym of set on fire

Similar:
set on fire, set ablaze, set aflame, set the world afire, set the world aflame, set the world ablaze, set the world on fire, set the world alight, set the heather alight, bonfire, more...

Opposite:
extinguished, quenched, doused, smothered

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Similar:
set on fire, set ablaze, set aflame, set the world afire, set the world aflame, set the world ablaze, set the world on fire, set the world alight, set the heather alight, bonfire, more...

Opposite:
extinguished, quenched, doused, smothered



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