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Meanings of incendiary in English

Portuguese
incendiário
Catalan
incendiari

A criminal who commits arson.

incendiário
Portuguese
bomba incendiária

A bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel).

bomba incendiária

Arousing to action or rebellion.

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Burning.

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Usage of incendiary in English
1
Another Northern Ireland store was targeted in an incendiary bomb attack today.
The Irish Times
2
Moore also has a long history of incendiary comments on social issues.
The Guardian
3
The public account is an incendiary intervention in a highly divisive process.
The Guardian
4
This place is a house on fire, just like its incendiary food.
The Guardian
5
However, older, incendiary members of the BJP are not going away quietly.
Reuters
6
Six second World War incendiary devices were washed ashore over the weekend.
The Irish Times
7
An incendiary device was found today at a Co Down shopping centre.
The Irish Times
8
Both are now the sounds of the incendiary crisis in the uplands.
The Irish Times
9
Answers do not come easy, unless we are detonating an incendiary Tweet.
The Guardian
10
There was no mistaking that this was an incendiary turn of events.
The Irish Times
11
Every paper all at once is full of the most incendiary stuff.
The Rules of the Game
12
Blake began to yell the most incendiary thing he could think of.
Four dukes and a devil
13
That is quite enough for the purposes of demagogues and incendiary agitators.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
14
The first was their incendiary debut at the National Stadium in 1981.
The Irish Times
15
I could almost fancy that you were the incendiary of Furstenberg Castle.
The Sword Maker
16
For the incendiary, the assassin, was actually there, at the Chateau Boiscoran.
Within an Inch of His Life
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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