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English Dictionary: incendiary	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for incendiary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incendiary adj involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary fire" arousing to action or rebellion Synonym(s): incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs" n a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn: arsonist, incendiary, firebug] a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) Synonym(s): incendiary bomb, incendiary, firebomb
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incendiary \Incen"dia*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Incendiaries}. [L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to inflame.] 1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property. 2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter. Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries. --Bentley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incendiary \Incen"diary\, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to inflame.] 1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary* material; as incendiary crime. 2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley. {Incendiary shell}, a bombshell. See {Carcass}, 4.