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Recent Examples of pyromaniac
Your son is either smoking or is a pyro [pyromaniac].
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
These emaciated, ashy pyromaniacs are led by Varang (Oona Chaplin), giving Queen of the Damned body tea in her bloodred makeup and statement headpiece.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 July 2025
In nineteenth-century Europe, the typical pyromaniac was said to be a teenage girl with menstrual problems.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
And just like every year, many across Indiana are celebrating early — but is that legal?
Restrictions on Indiana's fireworks, to put it bluntly, are more lax than a pyromaniac in a room full of sparklers.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Lest anyone think that this is not a deliberate homage to the legend of rock pyromaniac Jerry Lee Lewis, the singer let out what sure sounded like a couple of wildcat Jerry Lee trills.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
Remember their names On Wednesday, California’s 12 GOP House members put tribal loyalty above the country’s best interests and heedlessly cast their votes to make Jim Jordan — election denier, Jan. 6 instigator, political pyromaniac — the next House speaker.
—Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
These emaciated, ashy pyromaniacs are led by Varang (Oona Chaplin), giving Queen of the Damned body tea in her bloodred makeup and statement headpiece.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 July 2025
In nineteenth-century Europe, the typical pyromaniac was said to be a teenage girl with menstrual problems.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
And just like every year, many across Indiana are celebrating early — but is that legal?
Restrictions on Indiana's fireworks, to put it bluntly, are more lax than a pyromaniac in a room full of sparklers.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Lest anyone think that this is not a deliberate homage to the legend of rock pyromaniac Jerry Lee Lewis, the singer let out what sure sounded like a couple of wildcat Jerry Lee trills.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
Remember their names On Wednesday, California’s 12 GOP House members put tribal loyalty above the country’s best interests and heedlessly cast their votes to make Jim Jordan — election denier, Jan. 6 instigator, political pyromaniac — the next House speaker.
—Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyromaniac
Noun
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Examples of attacks include everything from graffiti and destruction of statues to arsonists destroying entire churches and assailants attacking churchgoers with deadly weapons.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
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Ansfield brings this expansive vision to the Bronx, following the trail from the arsonists who did the torching to the landlords who ordered it, the policymakers who enabled it, the financiers who encouraged it, and the insurers who paid for it.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And even as the price tag of the Brewsense model that has held that spot has increased to over $100, Braun’s Pureflavor picked up the cheap coffee maker torch.—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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This feels like the right moment to pass the torch as the Alliance prepares for its next chapter.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In video released by police, the firebug could be seen setting fire to a small pile of trash next to the head of a sleeping passenger stretched out on the seat.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Two men have been charged with felony arson in Los Angeles in unrelated cases as authorities combat firebugs, looters and multiple raging blazes in Southern California.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Pyromaniac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyromaniac. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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