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- noun parapsychology, science fiction The
ability to set objects or people onfire or tosupernaturally project fire from one's ownbeing through theconcentration ofpsychic power.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Andre's pyrokinesis threatens to burn not only him, but everyone around him as he hunts down Wilhem Roth after the man ordered the killing of Andre's entire family.
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And maybe the guy with pyrokinesis would only be able to use his powers in places with a lot of oxygen: using it in a closed room would probably make the air around him too hard to breath.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Super Teacher’s Review Forum 2009
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For example, I have always heard someone who could manipulate fire with their mind refered to as pyrokinetic or having pyrokinesis.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » StarE’s Review Forum 2009
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He wields fire and enchants his weapons, twin chakrams, with his pyrokinesis to unleash powerful rapid attacks-khwikia
Chibi Axel Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2010
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He wields fire and enchants his weapons, twin chakrams, with his pyrokinesis to unleash powerful rapid attacks-khwikia
Archive 2010-03-01 Michael James 2010
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Some of the things he would say made no sense, like the fact that his obsession with telekinesis and pyrokinesis made him believe that it would end the world of famine, war, and death.
Snake People (1971) 2010
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The name “Laura Torch” would imply some sort of pyrokinesis, perhaps even an immunity to fire, which seemingly killed Tom.
Black Summer #3 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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As Christmas break begins, Will is accosted by a collection of hard-bitten eccentrics led by Merriman Lyon (Ian McShane), who tells Will he is an Old One with superpowers including super-strength, pyrokinesis, and time-travel.
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As Christmas break begins, Will is accosted by a collection of hard-bitten eccentrics led by Merriman Lyon (Ian McShane), who tells Will he is an Old One with superpowers including super-strength, pyrokinesis, and time-travel.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Counting my fingers, trying to use pyrokinesis that I don't have except for possibly in dreams, trying to read the same thing twice?
Archive 2009-08-01 The_Lex 2009
whichbe commented on the word pyrokinesis
Pyrokinesis is the ability to control, generate, or absorb fire. The first popular pyrokinetic in comic books was the Golden Age Human Torch.
July 6, 2008
sionnach commented on the word pyrokinesis
Not to be confused with Pyrrhokinesis, the phenomenon of peripatetic skeptic philosophers so common in the time of the ancient Greeks.
July 6, 2008