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 Definitions of Incendiary  [ɪnˈsɛn diˌɛr i]  

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Definition of 'Incendiary' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) incendiary
used or adapted for setting property on fire:
incendiary bombs.

2.  incendiary
of or pertaining to the criminal setting on fire of property.

3.  incendiary
tending to arouse strife, sedition, etc.; inflammatory:
incendiary speeches.

4. (n.) incendiary
a person who deliberately sets fire to property.

5.  incendiary
a device containing napalm, thermite, or the like, that burns with an intense heat.

6.  incendiary
a person who stirs up strife.

Etymology:  (1600–10; < L incendi(um) a fire)

Definition of 'Incendiary' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) arsonist, incendiary, firebug
a criminal who illegally sets fire to property

2. (adj) incendiary bomb, incendiary, firebomb
a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)

3. (adj) incendiary
involving deliberate burning of property
"an incendiary fire"

4. (adj) incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious
arousing to action or rebellion

5. (adj) incendiary
capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
"an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"


Definition of 'Incendiary' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Incendiary
of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime

2. (adj) Incendiary
tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious

3. (noun) Incendiary
any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property

4. (noun) Incendiary
a person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter


Translation of 'Incendiary' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: used for setting (a building etc) on fire
an incendiary bomb.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: brandstigtend Arabic flag Arabic: حارِق، مُشْعِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: запалителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: incendiário Czech flag Czech: zápalný German flag German: Feuer-...
Danish flag Danish: brandbombe; brand- Greek flag Greek: εμπρηστικός Spanish flag Spanish: incendiario
Estonian flag Estonian: süüte- Farsi flag Farsi: آتشزا Finnish flag Finnish: palo-
French flag French: incendiaire Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַצִית Hindi flag Hindi: दाहक
Croatian flag Croatian: zapaljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyújtó(bomba) Indonesian flag Indonesian: pembakaran
Icelandic flag Icelandic: íkveikju- Italian flag Italian: incendiario Japanese flag Japanese: 放火の
Korean flag Korean: 방화의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: padegamasis Latvian flag Latvian: aizdedzinošs
Malay flag Malay: pembakaran Dutch flag Dutch: brand- Norwegian flag Norwegian: brann-, tenn-
Polish flag Polish: zapalający Persian flag Persian: آتشزا Pashto flag Pashto: اور بل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: incendiário Romanian flag Romanian: incendiar Russian flag Russian: зажигательный
Slovak flag Slovak: zápalný Slovenian flag Slovenian: zažigalen Serbian flag Serbian: zapaljiv
Swedish flag Swedish: brand-, mordbrands- Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับการวางเพลิง Turkish flag Turkish: yangın çıkaran
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 用來引燃的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: запалювальний Urdu flag Urdu: آتش انگیز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: gây cháy Chinese flag Chinese: 能燃烧的

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