Obsessed with and Set on

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Set on and obsessed with are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set on" instead an adjective phrase "Obsessed with".

Set on verb - To take sudden, violent action against.

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Obsessed with and set on are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Obsessed with" instead an adjective "Set on".

Troubled WW1 fighter ace "Mick" Mannock gradually became obsessed with the all-too-common fate of the early airman: having the engine, directly in front of the cockpit, set on fire while lacking a parachute.

Source: Man on Fire
Culture Justifies Anything: Sideshow is set on a planet obsessed with preserving cultural diversity, to the point that there are Enforcers whose job is to prevent its various subcultures imposing their values on each other — even values like "sacrificing infants to stone idols is bad".

Source: Creator / Sheri S. Tepper
An extreme example occurs in episode 2: The good commander is so obsessed with the immediate danger faced by Lydia van Dyke and the crew of the Hydra, that he wants to rescue them before dealing with the more serious threat of the planet set on a collision course with Earth by the Frogs.

Source: Series / Raumpatrouille

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