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Arson - English meaning

Arson – definitions in English dictionary

noun

The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

Usage examples:

Police are treating the fire as arson

Synonims:

IncendiarismPyromaniaFirebombingFire-raising

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纵火

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Brandstichting

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Incendie criminel, Incendie volontaire

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Brandstiftung

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आगजनी, आग लगाने का अपराध, आग लगाना, जलाना

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Incendio doloso

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방화

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Поджог

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Incendio provocado, Incendio malicioso

Word origin

late 17th century: an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from medieval Latin arsio(n- ), from Latin ardere ‘to burn’.

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Arson synonims

firebombing

verb

Attack or destroy with a firebomb.

Usage examples:

Two bookshops and a newspaper office have been firebombed
noun

A bomb designed to cause a fire.

Usage examples:

A firebomb attack
noun

An attack with a firebomb (= a bomb that causes destruction by starting a fire rather than exploding)

Usage examples:

There were shootings and firebombings directed at their community., there is a broad spectrum of an…
Firebombing - all meanings in English

pyromania

noun

An obsessive desire to set fire to things.

Usage examples:

The main way the ip speaks out to the community at large in winnipeg is through arson and pyromania.
noun

A mental illness in which a person feels a strong wish to start fires

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