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set on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. assail, assault, set on, attackverb

    attack someone physically or emotionally

    "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

Wiktionary

  1. set onverb

    To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone.

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  1. set on

    In a general context, "set on" typically means to decide or determine to do something. It suggests a firmness of purpose or a clear intention to pursue a particular course of action. However, without a specific context, it's tough to provide a definitive definition as the term can be used in various fields with slightly different meanings. For example, in mathematics, a "set" has a very different meaning referring to a collection of distinct elements.

Anagrams for set on »

  1. notes

  2. onset

  3. SONET

  4. steno

  5. stone

  6. tones

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of set on in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of set on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of set on in a Sentence

  1. Jeremy Taylor:

    Love is friendship set on fire.

  2. Lisa Murkowski:

    Let me be clear : I did not misunderstand the Army Corps' recent announcement, i am not'em barrassed' by my statement on it, and I will not be' quiet in the corner.' I am dead set on a high bar for large-scale resource development in the Bristol Bay watershed. The reality of this situation is the Pebble project has not met that bar and a permit can not be issued to it.

  3. Alighieri Dante:

    Pride, envy, avarice -- these are the sparks have set on fire the souls of man.

  4. One Angel mother:

    Josh was brutally tortured, strangled over and over, set on fire after death. His last hours were brutal. None of our kids had a minute to say goodbye, we weren’t lucky enough to be separated for five days or 10 days. We are separated permanently.

  5. Cristina Baker:

    At that moment, it was like the weight I had been carrying for over 20 years of my life was lifted, i came in one way and left that room a completely different person. My heart was set on fire. I felt free. I wanted to turn my life around. From there, I went through a process of healing. It took a few months to get off the drugs, but I was ready to be free from it all – the drugs, the alcohol, all the things I was doing that were hurting me and others. I just felt like God was breaking the chains one by one.


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