INCENDIARY


Meaning of INCENDIARY in English

n. 25B6; adjective

an incendiary bomb : COMBUSTIBLE, flammable, inflammable.

an incendiary speech : INFLAMMATORY, rabble-rousing, provocative, seditious, subversive; contentious, controversial.

25B6; noun

an aircraft loaded with incendiaries : EXPLOSIVE, bomb, incendiary device.

incendiaries set the village on fire : ARSONIST, fire-bomber, fire-setter; pyromaniac; Brit. fire-raiser; informal firebug, pyro; N. Amer. informal torch.

a political incendiary : AGITATOR, demagogue, rabble-rouser, firebrand, troublemaker, agent provocateur, revolutionary, insurgent, subversive.

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