Incendiary - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪnˈsendɪerɪ|  American pronunciation of the word incendiary
Brit.  |ɪnˈsendɪərɪ|  British pronunciation of the word incendiary

noun

- a criminal who illegally sets fire to property (syn: arsonist, firebug)
- a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) (syn: firebomb)

adjective

- arousing to action or rebellion (syn: inflammatory, instigative, seditious)
- capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
an incendiary agent
incendiary bombs

Extra examples

...firefighters caught the incendiary, who was watching the effects of his handiwork...

...blamed the protests on outside incendiaries who were intent on overthrowing the government...

The fire was started by an incendiary bomb.

...recklessly made incendiary remarks during a period of heightened racial tensions...

The explosion seems to have been caused by an incendiary device.

In an incendiary speech he called for a popular uprising against the government.

In the mid-Eighties, heavy-metal music was the incendiary genre being demonized ...

The entire village was obliterated by incendiary bombs.

Word forms

noun
singular: incendiary
plural: incendiaries
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