The meaning of Incendiary

adjective

Intended to arouse or provoke a strong public response to an issue in the hope of prompting political action.

Usage examples:

Even in these days of mass communication, theatre retains its agitational power

verb

Evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response).

Usage examples:

Something about the man aroused the guard's suspicions

verb

Present participle of arouse

Usage examples:

It's a subject that has aroused a lot of interest., our suspicions were first aroused when we heard…

noun

A person who commits arson.

Usage examples:

Police believe arsonists were responsible for both fires

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.

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A bomb attack

verb

Attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs.

Usage examples:

They bombed the city at dawn

adjective

Able to catch fire and burn easily.

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A combustible gas

noun

A combustible substance.

Usage examples:

Class a extinguishers are used for ordinary combustibles including wood and paper.

adjective

Able to burn easily

Usage examples:

Wood and coal are both combustible substances.

adjective

Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.

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A contentious issue

adjective

Causing or likely to cause disagreement

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A contentious subject

adjective

Giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement.

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Years of wrangling over a controversial bypass

adjective

Causing or likely to cause disagreement

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A controversial theory/movie, they are also very controversially talking about taxing social securi…

adjective

Able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart.

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An explosive device

noun

A substance which can be made to explode, especially any of those used in bombs or shells.

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Stocks of explosives

adjective

Exploding or able to explode easily

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An explosive device, certain gases are highly explosive., fig. it was a politically explosive issue…

noun

A person who intentionally starts a fire in order to damage or destroy something, especially a building

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Police are looking into the motives of the fire-raiser., the fire-raiser said he was guided by 'mes…

noun

→  arson

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

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The shop was torched by a firebug who smashed a window and dropped a lit item inside., young fire b…

adjective

Easily set on fire.

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The use of highly flammable materials

adjective

Able to catch fire easily

Usage examples:

This solvent is flammable.

adjective

Easily set on fire.

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Inflammable materials

noun

A substance which is easily set on fire.

Usage examples:

‘as a garage, we have particular concerns such as vehicle collision, sparks igniting inflammables s…

adjective

Flammable

adjective

Relating to or causing inflammation of a part of the body.

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Inflammatory cells

adjective

Likely to excite strong feelings, esp. of anger

Usage examples:

He thought his opponent’s remarks were unfair and inflammatory.

adjective

Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.

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A provocative article

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.

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Pyromania

noun

A person suffering from pyromania.

Usage examples:

A ten-year-old pyromaniac

noun

Someone who suffers from pyromania

noun

The activity of saying, writing, or doing things that make crowds of people excited or angry, usually intentionally in order to make them act in a particular way

Usage examples:

Politicians should not get involved in name-calling and rabble-rousing., a rabble-rousing speech, s…

adjective

Involving or causing a complete or dramatic change.

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A revolutionary new drug

noun

A person who advocates or engages in political revolution.

Usage examples:

They would act like any revolutionary vanguard, as lenin or indeed the french revolutionaries had i…

adjective

Inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

Usage examples:

The letter was declared seditious

adjective

Intending to persuade other people to oppose their government

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She was arrested after making a speech that the government considered to be seditious.

adjective

Causing excitement or strong emotion; rousing.

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Stirring songs

noun

An initial sign of activity, movement, or emotion.

Usage examples:

The first stirrings of anger

verb

Move a spoon or other implement round in (a liquid or other substance) in order to mix it thoroughly.

Usage examples:

Desmond stirred his tea and ate a biscuit

adjective

Seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.

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Subversive literature

noun

A subversive person.

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They and their companions were identified as subversives

adjective

Tending to weaken or destroy an established political system, organization, or authority

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The fbi had the duty of obtaining evidence of subversive activity., the book describes the techniqu…

noun

A portable battery-powered electric lamp.

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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…