firebrand
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noun
1.
a piece of burning wood or other material.
2.
a person who kindles strife or encourages unrest; an agitator; troublemaker.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a piece of burning or glowing wood or other material |
| 2. | a person who causes unrest or is very energetic |
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Firebrand
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Firebrand definition
Isa. 7:4, Amos 4:11, Zech. 3:2, denotes the burnt end of a stick (Heb. 'ud); in Judg. 15:4, a lamp or torch, a flambeau (Heb. lappid); in Prov. 26:18 (comp. Eph. 6:16), burning darts or arrows (Heb. zikkim).
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Example sentences
Fire ignited outside the perimeter of the main fire by a firebrand.
One ruling-party firebrand talks of seizure without compensation.
New standards are being developed, aimed at mitigating firebrand penetration into building vents.
The pans used for firebrand collection were filled with water.
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