Set-alight Definition

Set-alight Sentence Examples

• The "Royal James" (loo), the flagship of his second in command, the earl of Sandwich, after being much shattered by the Dutch artillery, was set alight by a fire-ship, and destroyed with enormous loss of life.

• Offenders poured an accelerant onto front doors of the houses and through letterboxes and set alight using matches.

• Mr Johnson's friend and employer, Jack Sheridan, was doused with gasoline and set alight on February 3, 1975.

• We were told of the way corpses in concentration camps were layered up with logs, then the whole lot set alight.

• Dutch barn containing 120 tons of hay was set alight by a child playing with matches.