set fire

sɛt ˈfaɪər
setting fire
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Translation of set fire into Russian

Verbal expression

1.

fire

ignite something causing it to burn
  • They set fire to the old barn.Они подожгли старый сарай.
2.

intensify

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cause a situation to become intense or exciting
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  • The news set fire to the debate.Новости разожгли дебаты.
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Expressions with set fire: examples in English and translations in Russian

поджечь
зажечь
The vandals set fire to the abandoned building.

Synonyms and analogies of set fire in English

Examples of set fire in a sentence

  • The arsonist attempted to set fire to the warehouse.
  • The announcement set fire to the audience's enthusiasm.
  • Her performance set fire to the crowd's energy.

Translations of "set fire" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
поджечьv. - podzhech'

Dry flower is recommended to set fire and fumigate trees in the garden.

Сухой цветок рекомендуется поджечь и окуривать деревья в саду.

It was decided to set fire in order to avoid harmful gas for human and animals.

Было принято решение поджечь газ во избежание отравления людей и скота.

поджигатьv. - podzhigat'

It is forbidden to pierce or set fire even empty bottles.

Воспрещается прокалывать или поджигать даже пустые флаконы.

Don't set fire... exactly!

Не поджигать... именно!

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set fire: Examples and translations in context

As a result of the conflict, convicts set fire mattresses in one of the units.

В результате конфликта осуждённые подожги матрацы в одном из отрядов.

In a similar manner he set fire on the guard, whose body lay outside the territory of the post.

Аналогичным способом был подожжен часовой, тело которого лежало за территорией поста.

You can set fire arrows for the bow in the fire, and then shoot them in the barrels of explosives near the dormant enemies.

Вы можете поджигать стрелы для лука в костре, а затем стрелять ими в бочки с взрывчаткой рядом с дремлющими врагами.

I ask where do you find a wise man sitting at home letting a number of villains, who carry out the most brutal crimes, set fire all around the country?

Я спрашиваю, где вы найдете мудрого человека, сидящего дома, позволяющего ряду злодеев совершать самые жестокие преступления, поджигать всю страну?

All values that could be taken out were taken out by Germans, the palace was set fire.

Всё что можно было вывезти - немцами было вывезено, дворец подожжен.

In a Facebook Live post on Aug. 21, he said that "everything indicates" that nongovernmental organizations were going to the Amazon to "set fire" to the forest.

В своей публикации на «Facebook» от 21 августа он говорит: «все указывает на то, что неправительственные организации шли на Амазонку, чтобы поджечь лес».

Specifically, such projectiles are not "incendiary weapons," within the meaning of the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons, because they are not primarily designed to set fire or to burn.

Если быть более конкретным, то такие снаряды не являются «зажигательным оружием» по смыслу Протокола о запрещении или ограничении применения зажигательного оружия, поскольку они по своему основному назначению не применяются для того, чтобы что-то поджечь или сжечь.

They seized the Cholulan leaders Tlaquiach and Tlalchiac and then ordered the city set fire.

После Кортес захватил лидеров Чолулы - Тлакиача (Tlaquiach) и Тлальчиака (Tlalchiac), а затем приказал поджечь город.

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set fire toset on fire
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