Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyromaniacs
Noun
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Indeed, Knight says the Guinness family claims that the Guinness brewery feared attacks by Fenians and arsonists before Benjamin Guinness’s death.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
25 Sep. 2025 -
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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Crews also need precisely the right wind conditions -- enough movement to lift smoke out of the valley, but not so much that torches won't stay lit.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
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Dearborn's future will not be written by outsiders with torches of fear.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
22 Nov. 2025
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Created by bestselling author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane (Black Bird, Mystic River), the show sets an arson investigator, a troubled detective and two elusive firebugs on a collision course with their pasts—and themselves.—
Janee Bolden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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“Pyromaniacs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyromaniacs. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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