pyromania
noun
a compulsion to set things on fire.
pyromaniacal
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a word derived from
pyromania.
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a word derived from
pyromaniac.
pyromaniacnounsomeone with a compulsion to set things on fire.
Example Sentences
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His replacement is Nicky Chaos, a pyromaniacal Svengali ruling a cadre known as the Phalanx.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Making a picnic on her bed, one attacks a repast of sausages, baguettes and bananas, wielding scissors like Harpo Marx in “Duck Soup,” then sets alight some decorative streamers with pyromaniacal glee.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Francois Truffaut's weirdly gay little picture has Hero Oskar Werner as a pyromaniacal punk who sincerely thinks that "books are just rubbish."
From Time Magazine Archive
