igneous

Adjective

• Pertaining to or produced by fire or intense heat, like rocks.
• produced under conditions involving intense heat
  • "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"
  • "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"
• produced by the action of fire or intense heat
  • "rocks formed by igneous agents"

Adjective Satellite

• like or suggestive of fire
  • "an igneous desert atmosphere"

Adj

• Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
• Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.

Examples

• Granite and basalt are igneous rocks.
• His strategy was igneous, burning through his tiles with explosive high-scoring plays.
• The stone had an igneous appearance.

Synonyms

eruptive, fiery, pyrogenic, pyrogenous

Antonyms

aqueous

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