Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: alight

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

A Barnsley man who has lived and worked there all his life says he has been forced to close his dealership after yobs set it alight just days after his dad's funeral.

Source: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/yobs-burn-down-barnsley-car-28043168

A car set alight on Highmead Road, Ely, Cardiff, during a large scale disorder.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/23540265.arrests-ely-cardiff-south-wales-police-face-riot/?ref=rss

A car was set alight in June 2022, highlighting part of Dubbo's crime problem.

Source: https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/8221945/we-can-do-better-no-summit-for-dubbo-despite-rise-in-crime/?src=rss

A man threw liquid over a car before it was set alight after a street row escalated in Leicester.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1745787/car-fire-street-row-leicester

An equally great worry is how such products affect workers in the plants manufacturing them, who may be exposed to heavy ambient PFAS concentrations and may be inhaling them or otherwise ingesting them when they alight on lips, hands, or food.

Source: https://time.com/6254060/pfas-period-chemicals-underwear-tampons/

A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 3.15am on Tuesday, 10 October, to reports of a vehicle well alight fire on West Coats Road, Cambuslang.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/car-torched-near-glasgow-vehicle-31150938

A VEHICLE "well alight" was extinguished by fire crews on Cowdenbeath's High Street.

Source: https://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/23495006.police-fire-crews-race-incident-fife-high-street/?ref=rss

A woman has spoken about how she and her son are lucky to be alive after petrol was allegedly poured through her letterbox and set alight.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1772255/mum-son-petrol-fire-letterbox-wales

Cars were set alight and fireworks thrown at police after 100 to 150 people gathered in Ely on 22 May, the evening of the crash.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66671333?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Chiltern Railways said the Bicester Village station will be shut on September 24, with customers travelling from Marylebone told to alight at Bicester North.

Source: https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/23809043.bicester-station-closed-sunday-chiltern-railways-says/?ref=rss

"Crews discovered a box van well alight and the fire had spread to hedgerow and trees.

Source: https://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/23236833.firefighters-battle-van-blaze-a449-near-ledbury/?ref=rss

Earlier, thick black smoke had billowed from a central university campus in Dakar, where protesters set several buses alight in the afternoon and threw rocks at riot police who responded by firing teargas.

Source: https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/world/2023-06-02-nine-killed-in-senegal-protests-after-opposition-leader-sentenced-to-jail/

Fire crews were called to the blaze at around 5.30am this morning, finding a second floor unit well alight.

Source: https://westernweekender.com.au/2023/09/torton-place-fire-investigation-underway/

He faked his suicide by setting another person’s body alight in his cell.

Source: http://malawi24.com/2023/04/18/south-africa-spends-r1-4-million-to-charter-private-jet-for-facebook-rapist-thabo-bester/

In August, four people were arrested following a series of incidents which took place between Thursday 27 July and Saturday 5 August on the street in which shots were fired on two occasions, and a motorhome set alight on the later date.

Source: https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/police-probe-petrol-bomb-attack-in-doncaster-street-plagued-by-shootings-and-violence-4415700

In the latest sacrilegious act against the Holy Qur'an, two men set the holy book alight at a protest outside parliament in Stockholm on Monday, according to Press TV.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/204084/No-plans-to-change-free-speech-law-after-Qur-an-desecratio