flamer

noun

Definition of flamernext
as in igniter

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  1. igniter
  2. pyromaniac
Noun
  • There’s a push-button ignitor on the left side and a power button for the digital display on the right.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The campaign also included static-fire tests of the solid rocket motor and igniter.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 July 2026
Definition of igniter
Noun
  • His trilogy is, likewise, a straphangers’ gallery of metropolitan oddballs, from Zippo, a pyromaniac turned blaxploitation filmmaker, to Uncle Rich, a master criminal who stages a daring raid on the Waldorf-Astoria from a disused train tunnel with the help of a homeless army.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Katie Waldron Cascadia – In the world of sparring environmentalists and loggers in Coastal Oregon, a wildlife biologist, a timber worker, and a pyromaniac punk come together to form an environmental activist group and navigate a blossoming love triangle.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of pyromaniac
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