pyromaniac
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It is unlikely to inspire you to go full pyromaniac like Hendrix, but just in case, you might want to have a fire extinguisher handy.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024
In France, responsibility for all things school falls squarely to the minister of education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, who has been ridiculed as a pompier pyromane—a pyromaniac firefighter, someone who is creating more problems than he solves.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2022
There’s something mesmerizing about the spectacle — like watching your family’s resident pyromaniac resuscitate a dying campfire.
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2018
Case in point, I kind of stumbled upon the pyromaniac Shark Boshaw while driving by the Moonflower Trailer Park.
From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2018
They thought I was a pyromaniac and a liar, and the fact that I myself never seemed to get burned was as good as proof.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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