incendiary

adjective · nounB2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more incendiary

Superlative

most incendiary

1.
Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
2.
(technical) Of a damaging fire, intentionally caused rather than accidental.
3.
(figuratively)(figurative) Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.
4.
(figuratively)(figurative) Inflammatory, emotionally charged.
Politics is an incendiary topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

incendiaries

1.
Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
The military used incendiaries to destroy the building. Fortunately, the fire didn't spread.
2.
One who maliciously sets fires.
Đồng nghĩa: arsonist
3.
(figuratively)(figurative) One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels.
March 7, 1692, Richard Bentley, The Folly of Atheism Several cities […] drove them out as incendiaries.
Đồng nghĩa: agitator

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English incendiarie, from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendiārius (setting alight), from incendium (destructive fire), from incendō (to set on fire, kindle), from in- (into, in, on, upon) + candeō (to be hot).