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incendiary

adjective
/ɪnˈsɛndiˌɛri/

Meaning

designed to cause fires or stir up conflict

Example Sentences

The politician’s incendiary remarks angered the crowd.

Example Expressions

fan the flames

Synonyms

inflammatory, provocative, seditious, explosive

Antonyms

calming, soothing

Collocations

incendiary device, incendiary remark, incendiary bomb, incendiary rhetoric

Related Vocabularies

expressing a threat; menacing; intimidating
Done by force; using physical strength or power.
relating to or affecting the people as a whole
without pattern or predetermined order; happening by chance
done again; happening again; occurring multiple times
not disputed or questioned; accepted without opposition; having no rival

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