as in torches
a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property
after the second suspicious fire, police set a trap for the firebug
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torches
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After nightfall, a line of torches guided me to dinner along the beach.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2026 -
When Raphael died, a hundred torches were carried by painters at his funeral, and he was buried in the rotunda of the Pantheon.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Firebugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firebugs. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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