pyromaniac

/ˌpaɪrəˈmeɪniˌæk/
noun
  1. A person who has pyromania; someone with an uncontrollable urge to set fires.
    • The therapist worked with the pyromaniac to help control his dangerous impulses.
    • In the movie, the villain was a pyromaniac obsessed with watching things burn.
    • The police arrested a pyromaniac who had started a series of barn fires.
adjective
  1. Relating to or characteristic of a pyromaniac.
    • His pyromaniac tendencies worried his family.
    • She wrote a story about a pyromaniac artist who used fire in her sculptures.
    • The character's pyromaniac behavior was a key plot point.
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