Thesaurus results for ARSONIST

arsonist

noun

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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Recent Examples of arsonist Wednesday's blaze is one of three notable warehouse fires to occur in California in about month's time after the Kimberly Clark paper goods warehouse in Ontario was allegedly set on fire by an arsonist in April, and the Medline Industries warehouse in Tracy was destroyed last week. —

Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 18 June 2026 Because Rinderknecht isn't charged with being a strange guy, he's charged with an arsonist. —

Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026 Moscow regularly recruits young men of various nationalities — the Starmer arsonists were Ukrainian-born — as proxies in its shadowy hybrid warfare campaigns, Reuters reported. —

Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 June 2026 Josh Shapiro’s family was asleep in the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion last year when the house was set ablaze by an arsonist, and Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman, who led the House Democratic caucus, was shot and killed in her home. —

Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026 Also reeling from a fire death are friends and relatives of Oreste Deleon, 70, a Bronx landlord who died along with two tenants on May 6 when an arsonist torched his Mott Haven building. —

Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026 Spate of attacks In March, arsonists set fire to four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity, also in Golders Green. —

Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 1 May 2026 Some have also noted that Lunds became victim to shoplifting, staff turnover, a loss of customers in the era of remote work and a fire set by an arsonist that caused upward of $500,000 in damage in 2022. —

Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026 Also, sorry, bold move for a guy who’s been giving his wife the runaround with an infamous arsonist! —

Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for arsonist

torch

Noun

When Wambach retired, Rapinoe picked up the torch and became a vocal advocate for social justice.

— Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 June 2026
This year's games were the first to feature a coast-to-coast torch run, spanning more than a dozen states over the course of several weeks.

— Adam Duxter, CBS News, 20 June 2026