Definitions
capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
Word origin
From Middle English incendiarie, from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendiārius (“setting alight”), from incendium (“destructive fire”), from incendō (“to set on fire, kindle”), from in- (“into, in, on, upon”) + candeō (“to be hot”).
Used in a sentence
“We saw photographs of bodies riddled with pellets from fragmentation bombs or charred by incendiary weapons (besides napalm, the Americans also drop white phosphorus, Thermit, and magnesium on the Vietnamese).”
“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.”
“Politics is an incendiary topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Fire-starting”10 letters
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