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Incendiary   /ɪnsˈɛndiɛri/   Listen
adjective
Incendiary  adj.  
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.
Incendiary device, a device designed to set a structure on fire; a firebomb.
Incendiary shell, a bombshell. See Carcass, 4.



noun
Incendiary  n.  (pl. incendiaries)  
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."






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"Incendiary" Quotes from Famous Books



... menace of the Zeppelins, which had earlier stirred indignation in breasts unmoved by dangers at the front, had been met when on 2 and 23 September, 1 October, and 27 November successive raiders were destroyed with all their crews by incendiary bullets from aeroplanes; and the Zeppelin had ceased to worry the public mind. The aircraft policy of the Government had been vindicated by a judicial committee in the summer, and the German mechanical superiority in the air which was foreshadowed by the ...
— A Short History of the Great War • A.F. Pollard

... answer. 1. The objection lays the case much more narrow than the words of the article, which distinguisheth the incendiary or malignant, which is to be discovered by a threefold character, or note of malignity. First, Hindering the reformation of religion. Secondly, Dividing the king from his people, or one kingdom from another. Thirdly, Making any faction or parties amongst the people, contrary to ...
— The Covenants And The Covenanters - Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation • Various

... called upon in such solemn terms to point out the author, that I considered the information as coming from yourself, and given with a friendly view to forewarn, and consequently forearm me, against a secret enemy, or in other words, a dangerous incendiary, in which character sooner or later, this country will know General Conway. But, in this, as well as other matters of late, I have found ...
— The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 (of 5) • John Marshall

... along the road towards Procter's Corner about two hours before daylight, on the way probably to Salem market, saw his roof on fire, gave the alarm, and stopped to help put it out. Thomas Gould and Thomas Flint thought it must be the work of an incendiary, or of "an evil hand," as they expressed it, from the place where it took and the hour when it occurred. On the other hand, it was testified by James Poland and Caleb and Jane Moore, that they heard John Procter say that ...
— Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II • Charles Upham

... said that "to abolish the slave trade would be to shut the gates of mercy on mankind," so the advocates of eighteen hours labor in factories said that the ten hour system would diminish produce, lower wages, and bring starvation on the workmen. His lordship was denounced as an incendiary, a meddling fanatic, interfering with the rights of masters, and desiring to exalt his own order by destroying the prosperity ...
— Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands V2 • Harriet Beecher Stowe


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