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pyromaniac:
(also ‘pyro‘; plural: ‘pyromaniacs‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘py’ rhyme with the word “pie”, and the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a typical pyro/pyromaniac, enjoying setting fire to a house
a person who has uncontrollable urge/madness to set things on fire; a person who has the sickness of the mind in which he/she finds great pleasure in starting fires and burning things up;
an arsonist; a fire setter; a torcher (‘to torch’, in this context, = to set fire to things),
a gang of pyromaniacs, getting pleasure in burning up things in public
e.g.
Some pyromaniacs set fire to the outdoor cinema settings causing millions of dollars of loss to the producers.
The police are hot on the trail of a pyromaniac who has been setting fire to the bales of hey gathered on the local farms.
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