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incendiary /ɪnˈsɛndɪəri/
adjective
  • 1 (of a device or attack) designed to cause fires.
  • 2 tending to stir up conflict or excitement.
noun (pl. incendiaries) an incendiary bomb or device.
– derivatives
incendiarism noun.
– origin ME: from L. incendiarius, from incendium ‘conflagration’, from incendere ‘set fire to’.



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