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incendiary
[ in-sen-dee-er-ee ]
adjective
- used or adapted for setting property on fire:
incendiary bombs.
- of or relating to the criminal setting on fire of property.
- tending to arouse strife, sedition, etc.; inflammatory:
incendiary speeches.
- tending to inflame the senses:
an incendiary extravaganza of music and dance.
noun
- a person who deliberately sets fire to buildings or other property, as an arsonist.
- Military. a shell, bomb, or grenade containing napalm, thermite, or some other substance that burns with an intense heat.
- a person who stirs up strife, sedition, etc.; an agitator.
incendiary
/ ɪnˈsɛndɪərɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to the illegal burning of property, goods, etc
- tending to create strife, violence, etc; inflammatory
- (of a substance) capable of catching fire, causing fires, or burning readily
noun
- a person who illegally sets fire to property, goods, etc; arsonist
- (esp formerly) a person who stirs up civil strife, violence, etc, for political reasons; agitator
- Also calledincendiary bomb a bomb that is designed to start fires
- an incendiary substance, such as phosphorus
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Example Sentences
The Wolf of Wall Street is a dangerous, incendiary work of art.
And social media in general has been blamed for making an incendiary situation in the Middle East even more tense.
Even more incendiary, Barry asserts the FBI was actually trying to kill him.
Does Israel offer up any facts to fortify his incendiary charge?
Anwar looks and sounds like an accountant as he addresses a question no more incendiary than monetary debt, with charts included.
The Roman capitol fired during the night by an incendiary and consumed.
Sentiments were offered and speeches made, which in other days would have been called incendiary.
The incendiary wagons were filled with the firebrands stamped 1912.
On the night of May 24 the city became a scene of incendiary rage.
The range was obtained by the aviators, and then incendiary bombs were fired.
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