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单词 fire-raiser
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Definition of fire-raiser in English:

fire-raiser

noun
British
  • An arsonist.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The fire-raisers took my hunting gear, including my breeches, which were hanging on the washing line to dry, and had stacked them at the door.
    • An urgent hunt was launched today for a fire-raiser who is being blamed for a dozen blazes in 48 hours.
    • That means a convicted fire-raiser has the right to sit in parliament and pass laws binding on the rest of us.
    • All but one of the abscondees - a 14-year-old fire-raiser understood to have been at the heart of trouble at St Mary's - have been recaptured.
    • As he explains: ‘The word on the street was, ‘Find the fire-raisers.’

Derivatives

  • fire-raising

  • noun ˈfʌɪəˌreɪzɪŋ
    British
    • ‘He has got a track record of fire-raising,’ the judge told York Crown Court.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Police in Strathclyde are investigating three incidents of wilful fire-raising at schools on Friday night.
      • It was deliberate fire-raising with intent to do significant damage in the flat.
      • Last year about 200 children in Scotland were suspended from school for fire-raising.
      • A police spokeswoman said no evidence had been found of fire-raising but this was still under investigation.
 
 

Definition of fire-raiser in US English:

fire-raiser

nounˈfaɪ(ə)r ˌreɪzərˈfī(ə)r ˌrāzər
British
  • An arsonist.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That means a convicted fire-raiser has the right to sit in parliament and pass laws binding on the rest of us.
    • As he explains: ‘The word on the street was, ‘Find the fire-raisers.’
    • The fire-raisers took my hunting gear, including my breeches, which were hanging on the washing line to dry, and had stacked them at the door.
    • All but one of the abscondees - a 14-year-old fire-raiser understood to have been at the heart of trouble at St Mary's - have been recaptured.
    • An urgent hunt was launched today for a fire-raiser who is being blamed for a dozen blazes in 48 hours.
 
 
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