INFLAMMATORY


Meaning of INFLAMMATORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnflæmətəri, AM -tɔ:ri ]

1.

If you accuse someone of saying or doing inflammatory things, you mean that what they say or do is likely to make people react very angrily.

...nationalist policies that are too drastic and inflammatory...

ADJ [ disapproval ]

2.

An inflammatory condition or disease is one in which the patient suffers from inflammation. ( FORMAL )

...the inflammatory reactions that occur in asthma.

ADJ : ADJ n

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