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US
/ˈɑɹsənəst, ˈɑɹsənɪst/
]
[ UK /ˈɑːsənˌɪst/ ]
[ UK /ˈɑːsənˌɪst/ ]
NOUN
- a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
How To Use arsonist In A Sentence
- In February last year the market hall was mostly destroyed after it was set alight by arsonists.
- Fire chiefs today vowed to tackle school arsonists after new figures revealed firebugs were behind hundreds of fires costing more than £7m.
- Last year arsonists attacked a house in Coventry also earmarked as a clinic.
- A Hampshire firefighter became an arsonist so that he would be called out to the blazes he had started himself.
- He blamed it all on firebugs and said heavier jail sentences were needed for arsonists.
- And Miller admitted the thought the arsonist is a local has caused him to take a closer look at people out walking late at night. Toronto Sun
- The Riverside Hotel made a substantial investment in getting the boats ready as the previous boathouse and oars had been destroyed by arsonists.
- Young arsonists were today blamed for a blaze which ripped through a caravan, nearly destroying a storage yard.
- The ground floor of a Surbiton home was completely gutted by arsonists who sprayed a flammable substance inside the property before setting it alight.
- The arsonist is believed to have used two large candles from the altar - which he lit from smaller candles burning in a sand-filled bowl - to carry out the attack.