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