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arsonical

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to arson (the crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1978, Jan Morris, Farewell the Trumpets, New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Part 2, Chapter 18, p. 393, In Cyprus he must deal with Greeks and Turks whose methods of debate were murderous or arsonical.

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History

Etymology

From arson + -ical.