afire
on fire: to set a house afire.
Origin of afire
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How to use afire in a sentence
The bodies had been piled onto dry branches and logs, doused in gasoline, and set afire.
The blogosphere is afire with outrage: A rich do-nothing given probation for raping his three-year-old daughter!
TVs and DVDs and CDs were piled in the street and set afire.
Who Is Fazlullah? The Pakistani Mullah Who Targeted Malala | Michael Daly | November 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTwitter is afire with thoughts on the Woodward-Politico-Gene Sperling imbroglio.
Bob Woodward and Politico and the Worst of Washington | Michael Tomasky | February 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMost of the cars were set afire in carports or underground parking structures.
Los Angeles Fires: Officials Race to Identify the Arsonist | Christine Pelisek | December 31, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
I also found the camp and the country round about burning, the said Ygolotes having set it afire only a short time before.
The insult that mademoiselle might overlook might even not have fully understood—set him afire with indignation for her sake.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe room should be moist with steam when the sulphur is set afire so that the fumes will act effectually.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyOn the floor he spread a lot of wet oakum wads to prevent the splashing of the metal setting the floor afire.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasAs supper-time came, they set this heap afire and let it burn for an hour or two, until the great flat ledge was at a white heat.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
British Dictionary definitions for afire
/ (əˈfaɪə) /
on fire; ablaze
intensely interested or passionate: he was afire with enthusiasm for the new plan
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