torchers
Those who ignite
Torchers is the plural of torcher, a rare word for someone who sets fires—whether literally (an arsonist) or figuratively (someone who ignites passion or controversy).
The term appears occasionally in crime reporting: Police arrested two torchers responsible for the warehouse fires.
In informal use, torchers may describe performers who sing torch songs—emotional ballads of unrequited love.
One obsessed with flames
- firebugDeliberate flame-setter
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- firestarterMaterial that initiates combustion
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
criminal · accelerant · felony · malicious · incendiarism · vandal · saboteur · perpetrator
Combustion in progress
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- fireCombustion with flames
ignite · combustion · conflagration · embers · fiery · char · sear · smolder
Deliberate structural destruction
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- razingComplete structural demolition
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
wreckage · ruins · rubble · decimation · desolation · wrecking · burning down · gutting
pyromaniac
One obsessed with flames
- firebugDeliberate flame-setter
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- firestarterMaterial that initiates combustion
arson · criminal · accelerant · felony · malicious · incendiarism · vandal · saboteur · perpetrator · deliberate
burning
Combustion in progress
fire · ignite · combustion · conflagration · embers · fiery · char · sear · smolder · incinerate
demolition
Deliberate structural destruction
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- razingComplete structural demolition
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
obliteration · wreckage · ruins · rubble · decimation · desolation · wrecking · burning down · gutting · leveling
torchersfirefighters
Emergency personnel combating blazes
fire extinguishers · firemen · fire brigade · hotshots · fire marshals
torcherspreservers
Things that maintain condition
protectors · conservators · savers · rescuers · restorers
torchersfirst responders
Personnel arriving at emergencies initially
lifesavers · heroes · rescuers · emergency responders · saviors
- tiki torchesOutdoor oil-burning yard lights
- blow torchesHandheld directed-flame tools
- burning torches
- cutting torchesFlame tools for severing metal
- pine torchesBurning resinous wood lights
- cooking torchesHandheld kitchen flame devices