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A person who has an uncontrollable impulse, or urge, to start fires: The judge sentenced Sam, who was identified as a pyromaniac, to house arrest with a surveillance bracelet to track and restrict his activities in case he were to have a compulsion to ignite anything.
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![Someone who has a compulsion to set fires.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/pyromaniac-1.jpg)
![Someone who has an insane desire to set fires.](http://www.wordinfo.info/words/images/pyromaniac-2.jpg)
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-ac
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mania-, -mania, -maniac, -maniacal, -manic, -manically, -maniacally
(page 23)
pyro-, pyr-
(page 3)
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“pyromaniac”
A person who has an uncontrolled or insane desire to set things on fire. (2)
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