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Incendiary
Incendiary In*cen"di*a*ry (?; 277), n.; pl. Incendiaries. [L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame.] 1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property. 2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter. Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries. --Bentley.
Incendiary
Incendiary In*cen"di*a*ry, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame.] 1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime. 2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley. Incendiary shell, a bombshell. See Carcass, 4.

Meaning of INCENDIARY from wikipedia

- Look up incendiary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Incendiary means "capable of causing fire". It may also refer to: Incendiary device, a device designed...
- Incendiary weapons, incendiary devices, incendiary munitions, or incendiary bombs are weapons designed to start fires or destroy sensitive equipment using...
- An incendiary balloon (or balloon bomb) is a balloon inflated with a lighter-than-air gas such as hot air, hydrogen, or helium, that has a bomb, incendiary...
- Incendiary is a 2008 British drama film portraying the aftermath of a terrorist attack at a football match. It is directed by Sharon Maguire and stars...
- High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition (HEIAP) is a form of s**** which combines armor-piercing capability and a high-explosive effect. In...
- Incendiary ammunition is a type of ammunition that contains a chemical that, upon hitting a hard obstacle, has the characteristic of causing fire/setting...
- Incendiary is an American hardcore punk band from Long Island, New York. Incendiary began in 2008 with a 7-inch EP titled Amongst The Filth. In 2009,...
- The most significant using of incendiary weapons were used a number of times during the Russo-Ukrainian War.[citation needed] Russians were accused of...
- postulated that a dry cell battery could have powered a flashbulb in an incendiary device.) The discovery by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents...
- variants: multiple generations of regular ball, tracer, armor-piercing (AP), incendiary, and saboted sub-caliber rounds. The rounds intended for machine guns...