torch

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of TORCH

a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property <in an insurance scam, the slumlord hired a torch to burn the tenement down>

Synonyms firebug, incendiary, torch

Related Words pyromaniac; flamer, igniter (also ignitor), immolator, inflamer, kindler

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