Take those matches away from that kid; he's a firebug!
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Firebug
Synonyms for "firebug" (4 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
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27 translations across 15 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- çimkë e shullanit noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Bulgarian
2 entries- подпалвач noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
- светулка noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Catalan
3 entries- coralet noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
- piròman noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
- piròmana noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
Esperanto
1 entries- ruĝa cimo noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Finnish
1 entries- tulilude noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
French
3 entries- gendarme noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
- pyromane noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
- pyrrhocore noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
German
2 entries- Feuerteufel noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
- Feuerwanze noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Greek
2 entries- κωλοφωτιά noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
- πυγολαμπίδα noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Japanese
1 entries- 放火魔 noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
Polish
4 entries- kowalik noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
- piroman noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
- podpalacz noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
- tramwajarz noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Romanian
1 entries- vaca-domnului noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Russian
1 entries- клоп-солдатик noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Spanish
2 entries- chinche de la malva arbórea noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
- pirómano noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
Turkish
1 entries- alev tahtakurusu noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Welsh
2 entries- bonffaglwr noun (pyromaniac or arsonist)
- llyslau tanbaid noun (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
But the firebug allegedly ran back inside yelling before he finally took off.
Source: wiktionary
In the video, she can be heard explaining to the firebugs that she has been working with victims of the wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate.
Source: wiktionary
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