as in torch
a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property
they finally caught the arsonist, but only after he'd set fire to four barns
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torch
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One person fainted near the torch and was carried away by a handful of people.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
14 June 2025 -
In one instance, Musashi parries one enemy without facing it, and parries another right after, chucking the foe into a nearby torch.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2025
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“Arsonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsonist. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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