incendiary
/ɪnˈsɛndiˌɛri/
adjective
- Designed to cause fires.
- Firefighters trained to handle incendiary bombs during the war.
- The army used incendiary devices to destroy enemy supplies.
- The warehouse was set ablaze by an incendiary attack.
- Tending to stir up conflict or strong emotions; inflammatory.
- She posted an incendiary comment that started a heated online debate.
- His incendiary speech angered many people in the audience.
- The article was criticized for its incendiary language about immigrants.
Synonyms
noun
- A bomb or device designed to start a fire.
- The police defused an incendiary before it could explode.
- During the air raid, incendiaries rained down on the city.
- The soldiers found several incendiaries hidden in the basement.
- A person who deliberately sets fires; an arsonist.
- The police arrested the incendiary who had been setting fires in the forest.
- An incendiary was caught on camera starting a blaze near the school.
- The court sentenced the incendiary to ten years in prison.
- A person who stirs up conflict or trouble.
- The politician was known as an incendiary who divided the community.
- The group's leader was an incendiary who encouraged protests.
- She called him an incendiary for spreading false rumors.