Synonyms of arsonists

arsonists

noun

plural of arsonist

as in torches

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• torches
• firebugs
• igniters
• incendiaries
• pyromaniacs
• flamers
• kindlers
• immolators
• inflamers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of arsonists

On Tuesday, arsonists set ablaze at least three vehicles, including a taxi and a public bus, and armed men threatened merchants in broad daylight, plunging the city into fear. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

In the coming years, his life would be shaken by arsonists and assassinations, and dramatically shifting public views about Arabs. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

But other fires have been attributed to arsonists or criminal negligence. — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Yes, doubtless that many are sparked by lightning or other naturally occurring things, but a fair number of arsonists have been arrested over the past few years for deliberately starting them. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

Haney said that the Palisades Fire was a separate blaze started by unidentified arsonists and that prosecutors lacked physical evidence linking Rinderknecht to arson. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 26 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

Since late March, attackers have randomly stabbed two Jewish men, and arsonists have attacked three synagogues, an educational building, and four charity ambulances in the United Kingdom. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 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