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arsonist

[ahr-suh-nist] / ˈɑr sə nɪst /
NOUN
one who sets fires illegally
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He added: “The arsonist set the first fire, but the Fire Department proactively has a duty to do certain things.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

Indeed, Mark Zuckerberg offering Instagram-specific screen-time reports and time limits has the whiff of an arsonist handing out firefighting tips.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

He became the arsonist who laid claim to being the heroic firefighter.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2025

When officials suspect there’s a serial arsonist at work, Muschetto said, plainclothes investigators may surveil a suspect.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

He’d grown up being called a freak, an arsonist, because whenever he got angry, things burned.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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