Light
Set fire
Light and set fire are semantically related in start a fire topic. You can use "Light" instead a verb phrase "Set fire", if it concerns topics such as cause to burn.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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And in a feat of poetic irony Vaas gave you that lighter, put it in your chest pocket even, because it wouldn't light so he couldn't set fire to you with it earlier.
Source: Video Game / Far Cry 3 -
All three times the myth was busted, as the show determined that there is just no way for people holding mirrors to focus light well enough to set fire to a wooden ship.
Source: Series / MythBusters -
She can conjure up a strong gust of wind to represent air, she can set fire to Paige's apartment, Paige is seen counteracting fire with a blue light possibly representing water, and she possibly controls the iron portcullis with earth.
Source: Four-Element Ensemble
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Set fire and Light. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/set_fire
Light & Set fire. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/set_fire>.
Set fire or Light. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/set_fire.
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