| 单词 | incendiary |
| 释义 | incendiary (once / 2811 pages) adjn An incendiary device is a bomb. An incendiary statement is, "You're ugly and stupid." Both are likely to produce an explosion of one kind or another. Incendiary means more than flammable. It means explosive, in both a literal and figurative way. If you're a radical who changes the world by exciting people and makes as many enemies as followers, you're an incendiary figure. The speeches you give that rile people up are incendiary. The fires you set are also incendiary, and by setting them you are also likely to be called an incendiary — someone who burns things, more commonly known as an arsonist. WORD FAMILYincendiary: incendiaries, incendiarism+/incendiarism: incendiarisms USAGE EXAMPLESThe blaze was ruled incendiary and police are considering the crime an aggravated arson. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) Whether or not Beyoncé's famous marriage was the inspiration is secondary to its brilliance as a deeply experimental multimedia presentation boasting her most incendiary work. Listen. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) His ideas are incendiary, but about as deep as a Sunday brunch mimosa. Salon(Dec 19, 2016) 1adj capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily an incendiary agent incendiary bombs Syn combustible capable of igniting and burning 2adj involving deliberate burning of property an incendiary fire 3adj arousing to action or rebellion Syn incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious provocative serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy 4n a criminal who illegally sets fire to property Syn|Hypo|Hyper arsonist, firebug barnburner someone who burns down a barn criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime 5n a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) Syn|Hyper firebomb, incendiary bomb bomb an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions |
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