incendiary

adjective

/ɪnˈsendiəri/

/ɪnˈsendieri/

[only before noun]

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designed to cause fires放火的；纵火的；能引起燃烧的
- an incendiary device/bomb/attack喷火器；燃烧弹；火攻
Topics War and conflictc2
(formal) causing strong feelings or violence煽动的 synonym inflammatory
- incendiary remarks煽动性言论

Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin incendiarius, from incendium ‘conflagration’, from incendere ‘set fire to’.

noun

/ɪnˈsendiəri/

/ɪnˈsendieri/

(plural incendiaries)

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a bomb that is designed to make a fire start burning when it explodes燃烧弹 synonym firebombTopics War and conflictc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin incendiarius, from incendium ‘conflagration’, from incendere ‘set fire to’.