set sth ablaze

Examples (10)

• Truck after truck was set ablaze as the fire spread.
• The rioters set several cars ablaze during the protest.
• They threatened to set the entire forest ablaze if their demands were not met.
• The historic building has been set ablaze by arsonists.
• In the movie's climax, the hero sets the villain's hideout ablaze.
• With a single spark, he set the dry grassland ablaze.
• By the time firefighters arrived, the vandals had already set the warehouse ablaze.
• An electrical fault could easily set the old wiring ablaze.
• Setting the effigy ablaze is a key part of the annual festival.
• Their desperate plan was to set the evidence ablaze to cover their tracks.