pyromaniac

[ UK /pˌa‍ɪɹə‍ʊmˈe‍ɪnɪˌæk/ ]
NOUN
  1. a person with a mania for setting things on fire
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How To Use pyromaniac In A Sentence

  • The national press has been pushing stories about arsonist and pyromaniacs and the need to instil harsher penalties.
  • The teenage pyromaniacs experimented with different fuel sources, different sorts of fats (some very smelly) and oils, moss, dry rotten wood and home baked tinder using a cotton handkerchief.
  • Len Peralta, who has a standing offer to draw whatever monster you can name, has declared 2009 the summer of the super villain, which means he'll draw mad scientists, evil monarchs and archenemies of all shapes and sizes (like T3 - The OCD Pyromaniac, shown above) for $25. Get your own super villain for $25 | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
  • At one time it was assumed that there was a mental disorder known as pyromania; the pyromaniac was one with an irresistible impulse to light incendiary fires. The Sexual Life of the Child
  • Burnout ? Replaced with "Pyromaniac": "Increases chance to critically hit and reduces the mana cost of all Fire spells by an additional 1/2/3%.
  • In the case of the pyromaniac, his justification is defeated by the true statement that striking the match will not cause it to ignite.
  • Long into the night this chicken burned, spitting sparks and smoke, a beacon for pyromaniacs and madmen everywhere.
  • The pyromaniacs were at play, led by the Stratton brothers, stoking the fire with gasoline and kindling.
  • But he never took the blame, fingering those fictitious pyromaniacs.
  • I may not have mentioned my pyromaniac tendencies before, but one thing leads to another and so soon we had built not so much a bonfire as a conflagration.
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