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incendiary
/ɪnˈsɛn.di.ɛɹ.i/
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What does incendiary mean?
adjective
- Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
- Of a damaging fire, intentionally caused rather than accidental.
- (figuratively) Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.
More meanings (4)
adjective
- (figuratively) Inflammatory, emotionally charged.
noun
- Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
- One who maliciously sets fires.
- (figuratively) One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪnˈsɛn.di.ɛɹ.i/
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A sudden and horrible revolution amazed the entire people--like the bursting of a bomb-shell or an incendiary explosion.
Society women could go to them and hear orators in blouses proposing incendiary movements, which made them shudder deliciously.
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“No, I went to look at the fire, and they arrested me there, and tried me as an incendiary.”
It was what is called an “incendiary” appeal—it was written by a man into whose soul the iron had entered.
The incendiary shells are charged with a certain compound which is ignited by means of a fuse during its flight.