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incendiary

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈsendiəri/
🔊/ɪnˈsendieri/
 [only before noun]
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  1. 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
  2. (formal) causing strong feelings or violence煽动的 synonym inflammatory
    • incendiary remarks煽动性言论
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin incendiarius, from incendium ‘conflagration’, from incendere ‘set fire to’.

incendiary

noun
🔊/ɪnˈsendiəri/
🔊/ɪnˈsendieri/
(plural incendiaries)
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  1. 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’.