Thesaurus results for ARSON

arson

noun

as in fire

the illegal burning of a building or other property; the crime of setting fire to something The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but investigators suspect arson. The town has suffered a rash of arson attacks.

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Recent Examples of arson The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Luke Deramo was booked into the Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of multiple felony arsons. —

Tim Fang, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Homicide and arson investigators were working to determine what caused a fire that burned a commercial building in Glendale where two people were found dead. —

City News Service, Daily News, 18 May 2026 According to the podcast, the statute of limitations for arson had expired in Canada. —

Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026 Al-Saadi was also responsible helping to orchestrate 18 attacks across Europe since the start of the war, including at a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, a Jewish school in Amsterdam, at the Bank of America building in Paris and arson attacks in London. —

Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for arson

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Noun

There is no immediate threat to the surrounding area, fire officials said in a final update Tuesday evening.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 27 May 2026
The Orange County health officer and fire officials have insisted there have been no toxic chemicals released over the course of the emergency.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026