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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

Based on illusion; not real.
holding firmly to something; persistent and determined
Equal in value, function, meaning, or effect.
Happening by accident or chance rather than design; lucky or fortunate.
changeable; inconstant; liable to sudden unpredictable change
able to spread or be spread through a medium

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