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incendiary

/in-sen-dee-er-ee/US // ɪnˈsɛn diˌɛr i //UK // (ɪnˈsɛndɪərɪ) //

炽热的,焚烧,炽热,燃烧的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : used or adapted for setting property on fire: incendiary bombs.
    • : of or relating to the criminal setting on fire of property.
    • : tending to arouse strife, sedition, etc.; inflammatory: incendiary speeches.
    • : tending to inflame the senses: an incendiary extravaganza of music and dance.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural in·cen·di·ar·ies.

    • : a person who deliberately sets fire to buildings or other property, as an arsonist.
    • : Military. a shell, bomb, or grenade containing napalm, thermite, or some other substance that burns with an intense heat.
    • : a person who stirs up strife, sedition, etc.; an agitator.

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Examples

  • Hoyer said the language Greene has used is far more incendiary than what King had said over the years.

  • That would make sense as a candidate for Congress, but it seems a puzzling thing for someone in private life to delegate people not just to manage your accounts but also to post such incendiary things.

  • Of the various flags paraded around the seat of the US legislative branch, the most incendiary was a battle pennant from the Confederate army.

  • Other teams reproduced only the spike protein to analyze for portions that are especially incendiary towards our immune system, which could spark a larger immune response.

  • It provided the kindling for an incendiary — and at times strikingly effective — reckoning with American racism.

  • The Wolf of Wall Street is a dangerous, incendiary work of art.

  • And social media in general has been blamed for making an incendiary situation in the Middle East even more tense.

  • Even more incendiary, Barry asserts the FBI was actually trying to kill him.

  • Does Israel offer up any facts to fortify his incendiary charge?

  • Anwar looks and sounds like an accountant as he addresses a question no more incendiary than monetary debt, with charts included.

  • The Roman capitol fired during the night by an incendiary and consumed.

  • Sentiments were offered and speeches made, which in other days would have been called incendiary.

  • The incendiary wagons were filled with the firebrands stamped 1912.

  • On the night of May 24 the city became a scene of incendiary rage.

  • The range was obtained by the aviators, and then incendiary bombs were fired.