Incendiaries - English meaning

Incendiaries – definitions in English dictionary

noun
An incendiary bomb or device.
Usage examples:
The holy city was blasted by incendiaries
Synonims:
Explosive Bomb Incendiary device
noun
A person who starts fires.
Usage examples:
He was an english incendiary, responsible for the burning of three french battleships
Synonims:
Arsonist Fire-bomber Firesetter Pyromaniac Fire-raiser Firebug Pyro Torch

adjective
(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires.
Usage examples:
Incendiary bombs

adjective
Tending to stir up conflict.
Usage examples:
Incendiary rhetoric

Incendiaries translation into English

Incendiaries: translate from English into Chinese

燃烧弹

Incendiaries: translate from English into Dutch

Brandbommen, Brandstichter, Opruier

Incendiaries: translate from English into French

Incendiaires, Incendiaire, Brandon de discorde

Incendiaries: translate from English into German

Brandstifter

Incendiaries: translate from English into Hindi

आग लगाने वाले, आग लगानेवाला, आग लगाऊ, आग भड़कानेवाला, आतशजदगी करनेवाला

Incendiaries: translate from English into Italian

Incendiari, Incendiario

Incendiaries: translate from English into Korean

방화범, 방화자, 범인

Incendiaries: translate from English into Russian

Зажигательные вещества, Поджигатель, Подстрекатель, Зажигательные средства, Факельщик, Мятежник

Incendiaries: translate from English into Spanish

Incendiarios, Incendiario, Bomba incendiaria, Agitador, Pirómano

Word origin

late Middle English: from Latin incendiarius, from incendium ‘conflagration’, from incendere ‘set fire to’.

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Incendiaries synonims

arsonist

noun
A person who commits arson.
Usage examples:
Police believe arsonists were responsible for both fires

Arsonist - all meanings in English

bomb

noun
A container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device.
Usage examples:
A bomb attack

verb
Attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs.
Usage examples:
They bombed the city at dawn

Bomb - all meanings in English

explosive

adjective
Able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart.
Usage examples:
An explosive device

noun
A substance which can be made to explode, especially any of those used in bombs or shells.
Usage examples:
Stocks of explosives

adjective
Exploding or able to explode easily
Usage examples:
An explosive device, certain gases are highly explosive., fig. it was a politically explosive issue…

Explosive - all meanings in English

fire-raiser

noun
A person who intentionally starts a fire in order to damage or destroy something, especially a building
Usage examples:
Police are looking into the motives of the fire-raiser., the fire-raiser said he was guided by 'mes…

Fire-raiser - all meanings in English

firebug

noun
An arsonist.
Usage examples:
Youngsters are facing a summer without a youth club after firebugs torched a sports pavilion, destr…

noun
Someone who deliberately starts fires or enjoys playing with fire
Usage examples:
The shop was torched by a firebug who smashed a window and dropped a lit item inside., young fire b…

Firebug - all meanings in English

pyro

noun
A pyromaniac.
Usage examples:
As for the pipes and the pyro, rest assured that the man responsible was removed from his post the …

combining form
Relating to fire.
Usage examples:
Pyromania

Pyro - all meanings in English

pyromaniac

noun
A person suffering from pyromania.
Usage examples:
A ten-year-old pyromaniac

noun
Someone who suffers from pyromania

Pyromaniac - all meanings in English

torch

noun
A portable battery-powered electric lamp.
Usage examples:
Electricity showrooms in the borough were swamped with calls about the scheduled power cuts and at …

verb
Set fire to.
Usage examples:
The shops had been looted and torched

noun
A stick that burns at one end and is held at the other end and is used esp. as a light
Usage examples:
Which athlete will carry the olympic torch into the stadium?, after he retired, the torch passed to…

Torch - all meanings in English

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