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incendiary


 
  Grep  of  noun  incendiary 
  incendiary 
  incendiary  bomb 
 
  Overview  of  noun  incendiary 
 
  The  noun  incendiary  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  arsonist,  incendiary,  firebug  --  (a  criminal  who  illegally  sets  fire  to  property) 
  2.  incendiary  bomb,  incendiary  --  (a  bomb  that  is  designed  to  start  fires) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  incendiary 
 
  The  adj  incendiary  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  incendiary  --  (involving  deliberate  burning  of  property;  "an  incendiary  fire") 
  2.  incendiary,  incitive,  inflammatory,  instigative,  rabble-rousing,  seditious  --  (arousing  to  action  or  rebellion) 
  3.  incendiary  --  (capable  of  catching  fire  spontaneously  or  causing  fires  or  burning  readily;  "an  incendiary  agent";  "incendiary  bombs") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  incendiary 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  incendiary 
 
  Sense  2 
  incendiary,  incitive,  inflammatory,  instigative,  rabble-rousing,  seditious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  provocative)  ->  unprovocative,  unprovoking 
 
  Sense  3 
  incendiary 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  combustible)  ->  noncombustible,  incombustible 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  incendiary 
 
  3  senses  of  incendiary 
 
  Sense  1 
  incendiary 
  Pertains  to  noun  arson  (Sense  1) 
  =>arson,  incendiarism,  fire-raising 
  =>  burning,  combustion 
 
  Sense  2 
  incendiary,  incitive,  inflammatory,  instigative,  rabble-rousing,  seditious 
  =>  provocative  (vs.  unprovocative) 
 
  Sense  3 
  incendiary 
  =>  combustible  (vs.  noncombustible) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  incendiary 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  incendiary 
 
  incendiary  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  incendiary 
  incendiary 
 
  Overview  of  noun  incendiary 
 
  The  noun  incendiary  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  arsonist,  incendiary,  firebug  --  (a  criminal  who  illegally  sets  fire  to  property) 
  2.  incendiary  bomb,  incendiary  --  (a  bomb  that  is  designed  to  start  fires) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  incendiary 
 
  The  adj  incendiary  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  incendiary  --  (involving  deliberate  burning  of  property;  "an  incendiary  fire") 
  2.  incendiary,  incitive,  inflammatory,  instigative,  rabble-rousing,  seditious  --  (arousing  to  action  or  rebellion) 
  3.  incendiary  --  (capable  of  catching  fire  spontaneously  or  causing  fires  or  burning  readily;  "an  incendiary  agent";  "incendiary  bombs") 



incendiary definition