Arsonical
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Arsonical is an adjective meaning Of or relating to arson (the crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage).
Meaning
Of or relating to arson (the crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage).
Example Sentences
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.
He cleared out the coals from under the staircase, built a neat fire of firewood and paper there, he splashed about paraffine and arranged the lamps and can even as he had designed, and made a fine inflammable pile of things in the little parlour behind the shop. “Looks pretty arsonical,” he said as he surveyed it all.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arsonous, arsonphobic, arsenical, caustical, fiery, arcual.
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