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I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff.
Alex O'Loughlin

Meaning of "set fire to" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SET FIRE TO

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WHAT DOES SET FIRE TO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of set fire to in the English dictionary

The definition of set fire to in the dictionary is to ignite. Other definition of set fire to is to arouse or excite.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SET FIRE TO

set about
set against
set aside
set at naught
set back
set by the ears
set chisel
set designer
set down
set eyes on
set forth
set in
set menu
set off
set on
set on foot
set one´s cap for
set one´s face against
set one´s hand to
set one´s heart on

WORDS THAT END LIKE SET FIRE TO

accessible to
bring home to
come home to
come to
do justice to
do violence to
due to
give pause to
give rise to
give the lie to
heave to
lay siege to
lie to
not hold a candle to
opposite to
rise to
take to
tumble to
turn a blind eye to
with an eye to

Synonyms and antonyms of set fire to in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «set fire to» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SET FIRE TO

Find out the translation of set fire to to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of set fire to from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «set fire to» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

放火
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prendieron fuego a
570 millions of speakers

English

set fire to
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

को आग लगा दी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أضرموا النار في
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подожгли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incendiar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আগুন লাগানো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mettre le feu à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membakar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anzünden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

火を付ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 불을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyetel geni kanggo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெருப்பை மூடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आग लावणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ateşe vermek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incendiare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podpalił
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підпалили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a dat foc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έβαλαν φωτιά σε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aan die brand gesteek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sätta eld på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sette fyr på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of set fire to

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SET FIRE TO»

The term «set fire to» is very widely used and occupies the 3.089 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SET FIRE TO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «set fire to» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «set fire to» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about set fire to

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6 QUOTES WITH «SET FIRE TO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word set fire to.
1
George Catlin
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
2
Camille Claudel
I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the window of my tower, hanging from a red umbrella with which I set fire to the forest!
3
Ellen Glasgow
I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.
4
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Every idea is an incitement... eloquence may set fire to reason.
5
Jerry Lee Lewis
I never set fire to a piano. I'd like to have got away with it, though. I pushed a couple of them in the river. They wasn't any good.
6
Alex O'Loughlin
I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SET FIRE TO»

Discover the use of set fire to in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to set fire to and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal ...
56) enacts that whoever shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any dwelling- house, any person being therein, shall be guilty of felony, and? shall suffer death. Also that whoever shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any church or ...
‎1868
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The Law Journal Reports
Those words would plainly have included the present case, as laid in both counts of the indictment, because the prisoner wilfully and maliciously Bet fire to goods in a dwelling-house, which dwelling-house it has been made felony to set fire to.
‎1871
3
The Consolidated Criminal Statutes of England and Ireland, ...
To maintain this indictment, the prosecutor must prove -That the prisoner set fire to the stack of wheat, as mentioned in the indictment, and that it was then the property of C. D. Where the prisoner was indicted for setting fire to a stack of straw, ...
John Frederick Archbold, 1861
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Archbold's Summary of the law relating to pleading and ...
But if a man, intending to commit a felony, by accident set fire to another's house, this, it should seem, would be arson at common law, and also within the statute. See Fost, 258, 259. If, intending to set fire to the house of A., he accidentally set ...
John Frederick Archbold, Sir John Jervis, William Newland Welsby, 1846
5
A Selection of Cases Illustrative of English Criminal Law
But if the house was wilfully set fire to for the purpose of destroying the evidence of the picture having been stolen, and so leading to the supposition that it had been destroyed, that would amount to the crime of arson. Or again, if you should  ...
6
The Revised Statute Laws of the State of Louisiana: From the ...
"Whoever shall willfully or maliciously set fire to or burn Penary for set- any fences, piles of wood, shed, boards, lumber, or other combusti- fence*etc°, by kle matter, by means of which any house or building, or any mean's of which vessel,  ...
Louisiana, 1870
7
A Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases. Seventh ...
22, which made it felony to set fire to any cock, mow, or stack of corn, a man was indicted for being accessor to setting fire to “ an unthrashed parcel of wheat ;” this was hel to be insufiicient; R. v. Judd, 1 Leach, 484 ; 2 East, P. C. 1018. In R. v.
Henry ROSCOE, George SHARSWOOD, James Fitzjames Stephen, 1868
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Acts Passed at the ... Session of the Legislature of the ...
Be it further enacted, Sfc, That every person who shall willfully ètonUngnotTMraa- or maliciously set fire to or burn any out-house, stable or barn, any shop, braced in forego- store, office, warehouse, sugar-house, cotton gin-house, cotton press, ...
Louisiana, 1858
9
Northern Paiute–Bannock Dictionary
UNSPEC+v. set fire, to. [t'}- + kutiki] tigzitiiki Put afire (i.e., burn off the grass and brush). SF:0l. [SLN] See also: -ki(causative [?]); kobogau- (burn up); kosso (fire; heat); ku- (fire [prebase]); kuchali (burn, to v.t.); kuchuna (fire, to make); kukwata ...
‎2012
10
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
And be it enacted, That whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any Dwelling House, any Person being therein, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall suffer Death. HI. And be it enacted, That whosoever shall  ...
Great Britain, 1838

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SET FIRE TO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term set fire to is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baltimore man charged with setting fire to CVS in riot
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore police have arrested a man authorities say set fire to a CVS pharmacy during the height of the riots that rocked the city after the death of ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
2
Predominately Black Churches In Four States Have Been Destroyed …
An arsonist set fire to the College Hills Seventh Day Adventist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Monday. The following day, God's Power Church of Christ in ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
3
Police investigate possible hate crime after arsonist sets fire to black …
Investigators have ruled that an arsonist set fire to a predominantly black ... The Charlotte Fire Department is currently investigating whether the arson was a hate ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
4
Jewish Extremists Set Fire To Historic Church In Israel
A nun looks at a heavily damaged Church of Multiplication after a fire broke out overnight near the Sea of Galilee in Tabgha, Israel, Thursday, June 18, 2015. «Mintpress News, Jun 15»
5
Mom accused of setting baby afire held on $500K bail
A Pemberton Township woman apparently gave birth shortly before she set fire to her baby in the middle of a road Friday night, a court record says. An umbilical ... «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jan 15»
6
Mother 'set fire to baby in road'
A woman accused of setting fire to her newborn baby girl in the middle of a road ... believe the mother doused her baby with an accelerant then set her on fire, ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jan 15»
7
Arsonist sets fire to Swedish mosque, injuring five - police
STOCKHOLM An arsonist set fire to a mosque in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna on Thursday, injuring five people, police said, an incident which comes amid an ... «Reuters UK, Dec 14»
8
Officials Set Fire to House Teetering Over 75-Foot Cliff
The home, which had been gradually crumbling into the lake for weeks, was set on fire shortly after 10 a.m. local time after authorities deemed it the safest and ... «Mashable, Jun 14»
9
Teen who set fire to Berkeley student cites homophobia
Luke “Sasha” Fleischman, a senior at Maybeck High School in Berkeley, is in hospital undergoing surgeries after being badly burned when set fire to on a bus ... «Berkeleyside, Nov 13»
10
Man Who Set Fire To Himself On On National Mall Reportedly Dies
The man who set himself on fire on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Friday has died of his injuries, according to a police spokesman cited by the AP. «NPR, Oct 13»

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