From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium
a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to
inflame.]
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1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning
of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as
incendiary crime.
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2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or
quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley.
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{Incendiary device}, a device designed to set a structure on
fire; a firebomb.
{Incendiary shell}, a bombshell. See {Carcass}, 4.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Incendiaries}.
[L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to
inflame.]
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1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or
other valuable or other valuable property.
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2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes
quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.
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Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries.
--Bentley.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incendiary
adj 1: involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary
fire"
2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: {incendiary},
{incitive}, {inflammatory}, {instigative}, {rabble-rousing},
{seditious}]
3: capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or
burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"
n 1: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn:
{arsonist}, {incendiary}, {firebug}]
2: a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective
against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: {incendiary
bomb}, {incendiary}, {firebomb}]
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