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set afire
set afire
To light (something) on fire. Do they know how the building was set afire? The trash can was probably set afire by some punk kids looking for trouble on a Friday night.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Lilian | | LIL-ee-ən (English) | English, French |
| Zaboulon | | - | Biblical Greek |
| Odin | | O-din | Norse Mythology, English (Modern) |
| Cas | | - | Dutch |
| Eli | | ['i:lai] | |
| Moses | | MOZ-əs (English) | English, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Latin |