as in torch
a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property
they finally caught the arsonist, but only after he'd set fire to four barns
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Both 28 Years Later and The Bone Temple were shot back to back, so in order to make both movies happen so quickly, Boyle passed the torch to Candyman and The Marvels director Nia DaCosta.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
24 June 2025 -
The pair have developed a relationship; arguably the closest Frenchman to winning the Tour de France in the last two decades passing the torch to the nation’s latest hope.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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“Arsonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsonist. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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