firesetting
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editfiresetting (uncountable)
- The setting of fires; arson.
- 2012, Geoffrey L. Dickens, Philip A. Sugarman, Theresa A. Gannon, Firesetting and Mental Health: Theory, Research and Practice, page 84:
- Given the scope of the negative outcomes associated with juvenile firesetting, it is surprising that there is so little empirical study of this behaviour.
- (mining, historical) The use of fire to soften or crack the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation; later superseded by the use of explosives.