Usage examples of "set alight" in English with translation to Russian

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Several churches and mosques were reportedly set alight. Были подожжены многие церкви и мечети.

They've been robbed, vandalised or set alight. Их разграбили, разбили или подожгли.

Houses, shops and shelters were looted and set alight. Дома, магазины и бараки были разграблены и подожжены.

'Shops in Pall Mall and Piccadilly were attacked and set alight. Магазины на улицах Пэлл-Мэлл и Пикадилли были разграблены и подожжены.

Two days ago, a suspect was doused in an accelerant and set alight in a CBI holding cell. Два дня назад, подозреваемый облил катализатор и поджег свидетеля КБР.

When the Government soldiers or police arrived at the Dali camp of internally displaced persons, several shelters and houses were set alight. Когда военнослужащие или полицейские правительственных сил прибыли в лагерь внутренне перемещенных сил в Дали, они подожгли несколько бараков и домов.

During the night of 1 January 2008, the historic mosque of al-Hamadiyya in the town of al-Khader near Bethlehem was set alight, allegedly by Israeli settlers. В ночь на 1 января 2008 года была подожжена историческая мечеть аль-Хамадия в городе эль-Хадер недалеко от Вифлеема, как утверждается, израильскими поселениями.

I set the room alight. Я подожгла комнату.

He set himself alight on stage and burnt to death in front of the audience. Он поджег себя на сцене и сгорел прямо перед зрителями.

The Government soldiers were in the town shooting, looting shops and setting shops and houses alight. Находившиеся в городе военнослужащие правительственных сил вели стрельбу, грабили магазины и поджигали магазины и дома.

It's likely he died before being set alight. Вероятней всего, что он умер до поджога.

And its birth reveals the secret of our star's extraordinary resources of energy, because the Sun, like every other star, was set alight by the most powerful known force in the universe. С рождением нашей звезды возник и источник её энергии, потому что на Солнце, как и на любой другой звезде, пылает самая мощная во вселенной термоядерная реакция.

Numerous houses were set alight during the shooting, probably by tracer bullets and other munitions. Во время обстрела загорелось много домов (видимо, от трассирующих пуль и других боеприпасов).

In May 1999, several buildings were set alight and seven people died. В мае 1999 года был устроен поджог нескольких зданий, в результате чего погибло семь человек.

More than 200 homes were wrecked and looted, scores of motor cars were set alight or smashed up, and dozens of workshops, shops, kiosks and other social facilities were smashed and plundered. Свыше 200 квартир были разгромлены и разграблены, десятки машин были сожжены или разбиты, были разворочены и разграблены десятки мастерских, магазинов, киосков и других объектов общественного назначения.

During the years in which they were operating, the CIA-supported gangs of mercenaries set alight, destroyed and looted dozens of schools, small shops, village houses, barns, cooperatives, dairies, warehouses, means of transport, sugar cane plantations, sown fields, cattle and countless other property belonging to the people. За годы своей преступной деятельности банды наемников при поддержке ЦРУ сожгли, разрушили и разграбили десятки школ, магазинов, крестьянских домов, ферм, кооперативов, животноводческих хозяйств, складов, транспортных средств, плантаций сахарного тростника, посевных площадей, уничтожали скот и другое народное имущество.

But what set him alight? Но от чего он вспыхнул?

While inside, they seized documents and set others alight, and took six embassy employees hostage. Попав внутрь, они завладели некоторыми документами, а остальные сожгли, а также взяли в заложники шестерых сотрудников посольства.

In the Middle East in 2011, change came after a humiliated Tunisian fruit vendor set himself alight in protest; in a matter of weeks, the region was aflame. На Ближнем Востоке в 2011 году, изменения произошли после того, как униженный тунисский продавец фруктов сжёг себя в знак протеста и в течение нескольких недель, в регионе разжегся конфликт.

Its recent shelling of South Korea suggests that the failing Kim dynasty might set East Asia alight rather than undertake any serious reform. Ее недавний обстрел Южной Кореи показывает, что терпящая крах династия Ким скорее ввергнет Восточную Азию в огонь, чем проведет какие-либо серьезные реформы.

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