arsonist
noun [ C ] uk/ˈɑː.sən.ɪst/ us/ˈɑːr.sən.ɪst/ (UK also fire-raiser)
纵火犯
a person who intentionally starts a fire in order to damage or destroy something, especially a building
Police are blaming arsonists for the spate of fires in the Greenfields housing estate. 警方将格林菲尔住宅区的一连串火灾归咎于纵火犯。
Investigators believe an arsonist set the wildfires that burned 20,000 acres of land. 调查人员认为，一名纵火犯点燃了烧毁20,000英亩土地的野火。
See: arson
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- The building was destroyed by arsonists.
- Last November, arsonists set fire to a new wing of the school.
- Authorities are hunting for the arsonists suspected of starting dozens of fires in the region.
- Arsonists continue to be the biggest source of forest fires.