1 a : igniting combustible materials spontaneously b : of, relating to, or being a weapon (such as a bomb) designed to start fires 2 : tending to excite or inflame : inflammatory incendiary …

1 as in torch a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property firefighters caught the incendiary, who was watching the effects of his handiwork Synonyms & …

incendiary 1. (Law) of or relating to the illegal burning of property, goods, etc 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) tending to create strife, violence, etc; inflammatory 3. (Chemistry) (of a substance) capable of catching fire, causing fires, or burning readily

incendiary / ( ɪnˈsɛndɪərɪ) / adjective of or relating to the illegal burning of property, goods, etc tending to create strife, violence, etc; inflammatory (of a substance) capable of catching fire, …

incendiary adjective us / ɪnˈsen·diˌer·i / incendiary adjective (FIRE) [ not gradable ] designed to cause fires: an incendiary bomb / device fig. Thai food often is incendiary (= spicy hot). …

Britannica Dictionary definition of INCENDIARY. 1. : containing chemicals that explode into flame : producing a fire. The fire was started by an incendiary bomb/device. 2. [more incendiary; most incendiary] : causing anger. They use incendiary [= inflammatory] rhetoric to get public attention. incendiary words/language.

incendiary Add to list Share adjective capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily “an incendiary agent” “ incendiary... adjective involving deliberate burning of property “an incendiary fire” adjective arousing to action or rebellion synonyms: incitive, inflammatory, ...

incendiary adjective us / ɪnˈsen·diˌer·i / incendiary adjective (FIRE) [ not gradable ] designed to cause fires: an incendiary bomb / device fig. Thai food often is incendiary (= spicy hot). …

incendiary in American English (ɪnˈsɛndiˌɛri ; also, ɪnˈsɛndiəri ) adjective 1. having to do with the willful destruction of property by fire 2. causing or designed to cause fires, as certain substances, bombs, etc. 3. willfully stirring up strife, riot, rebellion, etc. noun Word forms: plural inˈcendiˌaries 4.

Incendiary weapons, incendiary devices, incendiary munitions, or incendiary bombs are weapons designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using fire (and sometimes used as anti-personnel weaponry ), that use materials such as napalm, thermite, magnesium powder, chlorine trifluoride, or white phosphorus.