Meanings
nounfire-raising (uncountable)
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of fireraising.
But it would be within this 'wrapping' that the hotel would burn beyond repair in September 2023 - a sad end, with three teenagers charged with wilful fire-raising.
2025 January 22, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway heritage on the 'at risk' radar”, in RAIL, number 1027, page 39
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fire-raising. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire-raising
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“fire-raising.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire-raising. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fire-raising,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fire-raising.
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