arsonist
/ˈɑːsənɪst/noun
उच्चारण आर्सनिस्ट
आगज़नी करने वाला
Advanced wordPYP · asked 2 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
- 1
[C]
a person who commits the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building or property
आगज़नी करने वाला
- Police arrested the arsonist who set fire to the market.
- The arsonist was caught on camera outside the godown.
- The arsonist was sentenced to ten years in prison.
+ 2 more examples
- Neighbours reported seeing the arsonist running away from the burning shed.
- Investigators are searching for the arsonist who set fire to the school bus.
Synonyms incendiary fire-raiser pyromaniac
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
incendiary fire-raiser pyromaniac
AaSpelling
ar·son·ist
With -son- (not 'arsenist').
बीच में -son- ('arsenist' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep apart arson (setting fires) and arsenic (a poison).
Arson (आग लगाना) और arsenic (एक ज़हर) को अलग रखिए।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who deliberately sets fire to property is an arsonist; the crime is arson; a person with an uncontrollable urge to start fires is a pyromaniac.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: जानबूझकर संपत्ति में आग लगाने वाला arsonist; अपराध arson; आग लगाने की अनियंत्रित इच्छा वाला pyromaniac।
General knowledge
Arson is a serious offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
भारतीय न्याय संहिता के तहत arson गंभीर अपराध है।