incendiary

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in·cen·di·a·ry1 /ɪnˈsendiəri $ -dieri/ adjectiveadj

1 SCCPMW[only before noun] designed to cause a fire 能引起燃烧的

incendiary bomb/device

The explosion seems to have been caused by an incendiary device.

爆炸似乎是由一种燃烧装置引发的。

2 TCANGRYan incendiary speech, piece of writing etc is intended to make people angry 〔演讲、文章等〕煽动性的

a hip-hop album with incendiary lyrics

充满煽动性歌词的嘻哈乐专辑

Examples from the Corpus

incendiary• The incendiary charges Manolo's experts had set up earlier in the day went up on schedule.• An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture, but the blaze was brought under control.• Sources said the explosion seemed to have been caused by an incendiary device.• In its place is a new rhetoric, an incendiary rhetoric, a rhetoric of vitriolic accusation.

incendiary bomb/device• Sources said the explosion seemed to have been caused by an incendiary device.• An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture, but the blaze was brought under control.• The caller claimed three incendiary devices had been planted at the Vineyards.• But taxes, earlier considered the incendiary device of the race, may no longer be so.• There were high-explosive and incendiary bombs of various types available, but no combination weapon.• Then a series of cassette-sized incendiary devices were carefully hidden in a number of stores.• But the incendiary devices were different from those used in previous arson attacks by the extremist group.

incendiary2 noun (plural incendiaries) [countableC]

a bomb designed to cause a fire 燃烧弹

Examples from the Corpus

incendiary• Many of these squads also carried sledge-hammers, axes, and incendiaries.• Out in front are the scouts and incendiaries.• In fact Etruria was hit by incendiaries several times, but thankfully survived without extensive damage.• The incendiaries set the villages on fire and the foragers visit and sack them.

Origin incendiary1

(1400-1500) Latin incendiarius, from incendium “fire”