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"setting it ablaze" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used as a descriptive phrase to describe something that is being set on fire or burned. Example: The arsonist threw the match onto the gasoline-soaked building, setting it ablaze in a matter of seconds.
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Minutes later, a mob, believed to be led by outraged Shiites, stormed Mr. Rangoonwala's KFC outlet, dousing its floors with gasoline, setting it ablaze and then blocking the entry of rescue workers.
Mines first went off when the helicopter came down, setting it ablaze.
I know the Pudnicks have removed him from their BlackBerry and poured gasoline on his phone number, setting it ablaze.
One rocket hit a school, setting it ablaze, the Israelis said, killing another girl and injuring three.
Furious that the truce had been violated, Buchanan shouted, "Sink that damn ship!", and had red-hot cannonballs fired into the Congress, setting it ablaze.
Ten days after the consulate was stormed, thousands of Benghazi residents, some carrying American flags and placards mourning Stevens, stormed the base of Sharia, setting it ablaze.
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Misratan militias captured Tripoli international airport and set it ablaze.
Someone ripped away the American flag and set it ablaze.
Then he doused the room with petrol and set it ablaze, incinerating his victims.
They piled garbage on Third Avenue and set it ablaze to protest poor city services.
Nick, Brooklyn Why not build an effigy of her and set it ablaze?
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