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What does set alight mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word set alight? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To cause to begin to burn.
  2. (figuratively) To excite, to arouse passion in
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And as soon as it's dumped, it's usually set alight, sending smoke into their houses.
Petrol had been poured through the letterbox, said a spokesman for the fire service, and was then set alight.
Years later he would confess among his past sins the desire to set alight the house with his mother and stepfather in it.
It was thought that a candle had fallen over and set alight the paperwork in an office in the garage.
The appeal follows a recent spate of vandalism where bins have been set alight, plant pots have been kicked over and garden furniture damaged.
A pillar box was set alight in the Washwood Heath ward, apparently to destroy postal votes.

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