incendiary
Adjective
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Involving deliberate burning of property (synset 302758869)
"an incendiary fire"
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Arousing to action or rebellion (synset 301903445)
similar to: provocative - serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
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Capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily (synset 300475859)
"an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"similar to: combustible - capable of igniting and burning
Noun
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A criminal who illegally sets fire to property (synset 109830112)
is a type of: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimesubtypes: barnburner - someone who burns down a barn
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A bomb that is designed to start fires;
Is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) (synset 103571171)is a type of: bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditionssame as: firebomb, incendiary bomb
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