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Recent Examples of pyromaniac
These emaciated, ashy pyromaniacs are led by Varang (Oona Chaplin), giving Queen of the Damned body tea in her bloodred makeup and statement headpiece.
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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
Fortunately, as an artistic toddler, Lambert was a pyromaniac.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Something similar could be said for Kevin Hart, who plays a rogue soldier named Roland who’s tasked himself with protecting Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), the pyromaniac daughter of the galaxy’s most powerful man, the ruthless Atlas (Edgar Ramírez).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
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
On Tuesday, 11 of 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.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
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
Fortunately, as an artistic toddler, Lambert was a pyromaniac.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Something similar could be said for Kevin Hart, who plays a rogue soldier named Roland who’s tasked himself with protecting Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), the pyromaniac daughter of the galaxy’s most powerful man, the ruthless Atlas (Edgar Ramírez).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
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
On Tuesday, 11 of 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.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyromaniac
Noun
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And Donnie goes on to say that, now, shining city was full of killers and foreign infiltrators and that ol’ Lady Liberty needed to be holding an AR-15 in place of her torch.—
Jason Mott
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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New York may be without Breanna Stewart, but the Liberty have kept the torch alight in her absence.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 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 19 Aug. 2025.
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