Synonym: assail, assault, attack. Similar words: set out, set off, close to, get on, be close to, set fire to, get on for, give rise to. Meaning: v. attack someone physically or emotionally.
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31. He told her how the boys in East Poldown had set on him, teasing him.
32. We hurried through the colourless little town set on the fast-flowing Nyakchu.
33. Set on a cool wash and finish with a short spin.
34. The film is set on the home front in 1943.
35. The council is now set on expanding the sports centre.
36. Dozens of people have been injured and many vehicles set on fire.
37. She's got her heart set on going to France this summer.
38. Turn it back again and set on three bricks.
39. They passed a Baptist church set on cinder blocks.
40. Fire investigators believe the fire was set on purpose.
41. Questions set on these lines have good diagnostic potential.
42. Malcolm has his sights set on becoming a sportscaster.
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43. Were the limits set on their radiation exposure acceptable?
44. An upper limit was then set on transfer fees.
45. This negative response created great distress to Mrs X as she has her heart set on becoming an embalmer.
46. After six years in power, Park was becoming more repressive and had his sights set on long-term rule.
47. Both pictures depict a glass vase set on a stone plinth with variegated tulips, daffodils, irises and other flowers.
48. At five o'clock the phone set on the tailgate of the Range Rover trilled.
49. Or a priest of some unknown religion who strides towards us, implacably set on some atavistic rite?
50. If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment, you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one.
51. But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer?
52. Her oval face with its large dark eyes and high forehead was set on a long, graceful neck.
53. There were thus two examination systems set on diverging courses for membership of the same Division.
54. The passengers on a plane arriving from Istanbul were set on by the pickets at Tegel airport yesterday.
55. But Wolfgang was set on going to Munich, armed with two new arias for Aloysia.
56. A chemist, estate agent and travel agent in Bradford were attacked with petrol bombs and three Hindu temples set on fire.
57. We staked claim to the two-man tents set on a steep slope in the rain forest.
58. While others had comparatively modest ambitions, her heart was set on becoming a star.
59. It was set on the roof at the front of the Hall, and the view over rolling countryside was magnificent.
60. In the ensuing riot, a hut containing refugees seeking to flee the violence, mainly northerners, was set on fire.
More similar words: set out, set off, close to, get on, be close to, set fire to, get on for, give rise to, skeleton, metonymy, get on with, simpleton, detonate, come to naught, endoskeleton, skeleton in the cupboard, set, set up, set in, setup, reset, outset, onset, offset, beset, set to, asset, upset, settee, settle.