incendiary

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.

   “Driving 2-6-2 locomotive No. 4771 Green Arrow, Blunt suddenly noticed that the tunnel mouth was silhouetted in a dazzling white glare and that incendiary bombs were showering down in their hundreds, he slammed on all his brakes and brought his train to a stop just inside the tunnel.”

2. sıfat Of a damaging fire, intentionally caused rather than accidental.

   “The Crown must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the fire was incendiary in origin; that is, it was not accidental and that it was either intentionally or recklessly set by the accused.”

3. sıfat Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.
4. sıfat Inflammatory, emotionally charged.

   “Politics is an incendiary topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.”

5. isim Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.

   “The military used incendiaries to destroy the building. Fortunately, the fire didn't spread.”

6. isim One who maliciously sets fires.
7. isim One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels.

   “March 7, 1692, Richard Bentley, The Folly of Atheism Several cities […] drove them out as incendiaries.”