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pyromaniac

/pahy-ruh-mey-nee-ak/US // ˌpaɪ rəˈmeɪ niˌæk //

火焰狂人,烧火狂人,火灾狂人,火焰狂

Related Words

incendiary炽热的,焚烧,炽热,燃烧的 arsonist纵火犯,纵火者,放火者,纵火狂 firebug萤火虫,火焰虫,萤光虫,萤石

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounfire-setter

Synonyms

arsonist纵火犯,纵火者,放火者,纵火狂 firebug萤火虫,火焰虫,萤光虫,萤石 incendiary炽热的,焚烧,炽热,燃烧的

Examples

“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.”
Now, people can have a lot of legitimate criticisms of Mitt Romney, and I have some of my own, but a “race-mongering pyromaniac?”
They could not feel worse if they learned that the child was a thief or a pyromaniac.

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