Cause and Set on

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Cause

Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
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Set on and cause are semantically related In some cases you can use "Set on" instead a verb "Cause".
Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Set on

Set on verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
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Cause and set on are semantically related in motivate topic. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Set on".

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  • Hellgate Darvaza has a 250 foot wide sink hole above a natural gas deposit that was set on fire so the methane wouldn't cause harm, and has appropriately gained the name "The Door to Hell".
    Source: Hellgate
  • Attack Drone This trope's Older Than Steam: Fireships (and the highly-explosive hellburners) were old or cheap sailing ships which were deliberately filled with flammable material, set on fire and sent among the enemy's fleet to disrupt formations and cause panic among enemy crewmen.
    Source: Attack Drone
  • Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown Typically, they have to be set on fire first before that happens, which also gives both the XCOM troopers and aliens one turn to get away from it, though explosives will immediately cause it to blow up.
    Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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