as in fires
the illegal burning of a building or other property; the crime of setting fire to something
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but investigators suspect arson. The town has suffered a rash of arson attacks.
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Recent Examples of arsons
Israeli officials and military leaders have recently sounded the alarm over intensifying violence and lawlessness by extremist settlers in the occupied West Bank, where arsons and deadly attacks have continued unabated.
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Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
The arsons were no accident, archaeological evidence suggests.
—Big Think, 25 Mar. 2026
The series of arsons started on March 2, when Farsaad allegedly started a fire inside an electrical vault inside a Fashion District warehouse.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
That’s the price to pay as Jewish institutions try to alleviate fears of shootings, arsons, car-rammings and bombings.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
It has been used in cases ranging from church arsons and antisemitic intimidation to political conspiracy and witness tampering.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
When he was interviewed by police, Banda initially denied any involvement in the arsons but later admitted to setting the fires, according to the affidavit.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2026
Chkhikvishvili also solicited the undercover agent to commit bombings and arsons targeting racial minorities, prosecutors said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
By then, the amount of arsons in the three-day period leading up to Halloween had fallen dramatically from the 1984 peak of over 800 fires.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
The arsons were no accident, archaeological evidence suggests.
—Big Think, 25 Mar. 2026
The series of arsons started on March 2, when Farsaad allegedly started a fire inside an electrical vault inside a Fashion District warehouse.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
That’s the price to pay as Jewish institutions try to alleviate fears of shootings, arsons, car-rammings and bombings.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
It has been used in cases ranging from church arsons and antisemitic intimidation to political conspiracy and witness tampering.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
When he was interviewed by police, Banda initially denied any involvement in the arsons but later admitted to setting the fires, according to the affidavit.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2026
Chkhikvishvili also solicited the undercover agent to commit bombings and arsons targeting racial minorities, prosecutors said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
By then, the amount of arsons in the three-day period leading up to Halloween had fallen dramatically from the 1984 peak of over 800 fires.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arsons
Noun
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The video pans to an airstream on his Pacific Palisades property, which was destroyed by the devastating LA fires early last year.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Every edit, regeneration, and follow-up question a worker fires into a frontier model is training data, aggregated across hundreds of millions of users and tens of billions of conversations.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Now, as part of the Netflix Is a Joke comedy festival, Cole is looking forward to doing a set for Altadena residents to raise money for ongoing relief in the aftermath of the 2025 wildfires that decimated much of the area.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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But firefighters were hoping that the region would receive the sort of abundant spring rains that keep chaparral wet for longer periods of time, especially in the backcountry, where most big wildfires occur.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Arsons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsons. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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