Incendiary

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium
     a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to
     inflame.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning
        of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as


        incendiary crime.
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     2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or
        quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley.
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     {Incendiary device}, a device designed to set a structure on
        fire; a firebomb.
  
     {Incendiary shell}, a bombshell. See {Carcass}, 4.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Incendiaries}.
     [L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to
     inflame.]
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     1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or
        other valuable or other valuable property.
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     2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes
        quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.
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              Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries.
                                                    --Bentley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incendiary
       adj 1: involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary
              fire"
       2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: {incitive}, {inflammatory},
           {instigative}, {rabble-rousing}, {seditious}]
       3: capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or
          burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"
       n 1: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn: {arsonist},
             {firebug}]
       2: a bomb that is designed to start fires; are most effective
          against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: {incendiary
          bomb}, {firebomb}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "incendiary":
     Mafioso, Young Turk, agent provocateur, agitational, agitative,
     agitator, agitprop, arsonist, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker,
     bomber, brute, catalyst, demagogue, demon, devil, dragon,
     enkindling, exciter, fiend, fire worshiper, fire-eater, firebrand,
     firebug, fomenter, fomenting, fury, goon, gorilla, gunsel,
     hardnose, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, holy terror,
     hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, incentive, inciter, inciting,
     incitive, inflamer, inflaming, inflammative, inflammatory,
     instigating, instigative, instigator, killer, kindling, lighting,
     mad dog, madcap, mischief-maker, monster, mugger, provocateur,
     provoker, pyrolater, pyromaniac, pyrophile, rabble-rouser,
     rabble-rousing, rapist, revolutionary, ringleader, rouser, savage,
     seditionary, seditionist, she-wolf, spitfire, termagant, terror,
     terrorist, tiger, tigress, torch, tough, tough guy, troublemaker,
     ugly customer, urger, violent, virago, vixen, wild beast, witch,
     wolf
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INCENDIARY, crim. law. One who maliciously and willfully sets another 
  person's house on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson. 
       2. This offence is punished by the statute laws of the different states 
  according to their several provisions. The civil law punished it with death, 
  Dig. 47, 9, 12, 1, by the offender being cast into the fire. Id. 48, 19, 28, 
  12; Code, 9, 1, 11. Vide Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.