incendiary

Plural: incendiaries

Noun

• a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
• a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
• Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
• One who maliciously sets fires.
• One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels.

Adjective

• involving deliberate burning of property
  • "an incendiary fire"

Adjective Satellite

• arousing to action or rebellion
• capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
  • "an incendiary agent"
  • "incendiary bombs"

Adj

• Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
• Of a damaging fire, intentionally caused rather than accidental.
• Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.
• Inflammatory, emotionally charged.

Examples

• Politics is an incendiary topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.
• The military used incendiaries to destroy the building. Fortunately, the fire didn't spread.

Synonyms

arsonist, firebomb, firebug, incendiary bomb, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious, agitator

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