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放火的,煽动的,教唆的纵火犯人,煽动者,燃烧弹
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Incendiaries}.
[L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to
inflame.]
1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or
other valuable or other valuable property.
2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes
quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.
Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries.
--Bentley.
Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium
a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See {Incense} to
inflame.]
1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning
of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as
incendiary crime.
2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or
quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley.
{Incendiary shell}, a bombshell. See {Carcass}, 4.
资料来源 : WordNet®
incendiary
adj 1: involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary
fire"
2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: {incitive}, {inflammatory},
{instigative}, {rabble-rousing}, {seditious}]
3: capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or
burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"
incendiary
n 1: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn: {arsonist},
{firebug}]
2: a bomb that is designed to start fires; are most effective
against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: {incendiary
bomb}, {firebomb}]