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   incendiary

   /ɪnˈsɛndɪəri/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a device or attack) designed to cause fires: "incendiary bombs" Similar combustibleflammableinflammablefire-producingfire-raising
   • 2. tending to stir up conflict: "incendiary rhetoric" Similar inflammatoryrabble-rousingprovocativeagitationalseditioussubversiverevolutionaryinsurrectionaryinsurrectionistarousingstirringcontentiouscontroversialOpposite conciliatory
   • ▪ very exciting: "an incendiary live performer"

   noun

   • 1. an incendiary bomb or device: "the Holy City was blasted by incendiaries" Similar explosivebombincendiary device
   • 2. a person who starts fires: "he was an English incendiary, responsible for the burning of three French battleships" Similar arsonistfire-bomberfiresetterpyromaniacfire-raiserinformal:firebugpyrotorch
   • ▪ a person who stirs up conflict: "every bard was regarded as an incendiary" Similar agitatordemagoguerabble-rouserfirebrandtroublemakerrevolutionaryrevolutionistinsurgentsubversiveinstigatorincitersoapbox oratoragent provocateurinformal:tub-thumperstirrer

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin incendiarius, from incendium ‘conflagration’, from incendere ‘set fire to’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. incendiarism noun

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