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pyromaniac
[ pahy-ruh-mey-nee-ak ]
/ ˌpaɪ rəˈmeɪ niˌæk /
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noun
someone with a compulsion to set things on fire: One theory is that pyromaniacs simply love fires and the damage they cause, and so they start them.
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Origin of pyromaniac
OTHER WORDS FROM pyromaniac
py·ro·ma·ni·a·cal [pahy-roh-muh-nahy-uh-kuhl] /ˌpaɪ roʊ məˈnaɪ ə kəl/ adjectiveWords nearby pyromaniac
pyrolyse, pyrolysis, pyromagnetic, pyromancy, pyromania, pyromaniac, pyrometallurgy, pyrometer, pyrometric bead, pyrometric cone, pyromorphite
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How to use pyromaniac in a sentence
“My gut is telling me it is a pyromaniac having a good time and likes watching the buildings burn,” he says.
But when Romney uses in a speech the same phrase the president uses, he is a “race-mongering pyromaniac.”
Mark McKinnon: An Unfair Attack on Mitt Romney’s NAACP Speech|Mark McKinnon|July 14, 2012|DAILY BEASTNow, people can have a lot of legitimate criticisms of Mitt Romney, and I have some of my own, but a “race-mongering pyromaniac?”
Mark McKinnon: An Unfair Attack on Mitt Romney’s NAACP Speech|Mark McKinnon|July 14, 2012|DAILY BEASTThey could not feel worse if they learned that the child was a thief or a pyromaniac.
Woman|William J. Robinson