incendiary
Meanings
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.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English incendiarie, from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendiārius (“setting alight”), from incendium (“destructive fire”), from incendō (“I set on fire, kindle”), from in- (“into, in, on, upon”) + candeō (“I am hot”).
Synonyms
agitator, arsonist, firebomb, firebug, incendiary bomb, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious
Scrabble Score: 16
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