pyromaniacs
- plural of pyromaniac.
Example Sentences
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True pyromaniacs — people with an impulse disorder characterized by a compulsive need to set things on fire — do exist, but they are a rare breed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025
More still are convinced that pyromaniacs who want to spark chaos are the behind most blazes.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023
The ban, combined with an existing prohibition on fireworks in unincorporated areas, is meant to discourage would-be pyromaniacs from accidentally laying waste to their neighbors’ houses or setting off wildfires that blacken hundreds of acres.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023
In these years, largely in the service of Big Energy, he and his crew have transformed themselves into so many pyromaniacs.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2020
We have pyromaniacs who are perfectly harmless now because they have a deathly terror of flame.
From Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... by Garrett, Randall
