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set fire

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  1. set fireverb

    to light using fire.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of set fire in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of set fire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of set fire in a Sentence

  1. Deirdre Daly:

    Hector Natal set fire to his neighbors' home knowing that two large families, which included older women and young children, were inside.

  2. Neal Katyal:

    I'll let Anderson Cooper 360 speak for Anderson Cooper 360. I think Mr. Kellyanne Conway husband and I both have come to this with really just the simple idea that the Constitution is a bipartisan document, and you have a President who...( is) content to set fire to the Constitution.

  3. Vital Nounayon:

    We had just opened and there were a few customers we started to serve when we heard gunshots ... There were three men shooting in the air, lots of people left their cars and motorcycles and ran. They (attackers) set fire to the vehicles. They also fired on the Capuccino Restaurant across from the hotel before setting it on fire.

  4. Giuseppe Antoci:

    One of the mob’s arson techniques is to tie a petrol-soaked rag to the tail of a cat and set fire to it, as its tail burns, the cat flees in terror into the undergrowth in the woods, setting fire to everything in touches.

  5. Halvor Molland:

    Even if we have a fire drill and we use diesel to set a small fire we have to calculate the amounts, these are chemical reactions so we know that if you set fire to one liter of diesel you know how much carbon will come out.

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