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Arsonist

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incendiarynounCapable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
firebugnoun(slang) A pyromaniac or arsonist.

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incendiarynounSomething capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
firebugnoun(slang) A pyromaniac or arsonist.
pyromaniacnounA person experiencing pyromania.
ignitionnounThe initiation of combustion.
boomernoun(by extension, slang, sometimes derogatory) An elderly person, regardless of generation.
firesetternounOne who sets fires; an arsonist.
incendiaristnounSynonym of arsonist.
firestarternounA tool used to start a fire.
conflagratornoun(rare) One who starts a fire.
firernounA person who fires a weapon; a shooter.
larcenistnounOne who commits larceny, a thief.
vandalnounA person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people's property.
assaulternounOne who commits assault.
perpetratornounOne who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.
larcenernounOne who commits larceny, a thief.
petroleurnounOne who lights fires with petrol, especially (historical) a revolutionary who attacked public buildings in this way in Paris in 1871.
burglarnounA person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing theft.
saboteurnounA person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
offendernounA person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
carjackernounOne who engages in carjacking; one who steals an occupied automobile.

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