Incendiary word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "incendiary" word

[noun] a bomb that is designed to start fires
[noun] a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
[adjective] capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"
[adjective] arousing to action or rebellion
[adjective] involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary fire"

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\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.
\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.

Synonyms for incendiary

arsonist, combustible, firebug, incendiary bomb, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, provocative, rabble-rousing, seditious

Related terms: agitational, beldam, brute, dragon, enkindling, fury, gunsel, hardnose, hell-raiser, hellcat, hood, inflaming, inflammative, Mafioso, provoker, rabble-rouser, rouser, seditionist, she-wolf, terror, virago, wild beast

The fun area, different aproach to word »incendiary«

Let's analyse "incendiary" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Five syllables and Four vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: YRAIDNECNI. Average typing speed for these characters is 2725 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .. -. -.-. . -. -.. .. .- .-. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: incendiary: 9 + 5 + 9 + 1 = 24, reduced: 6 (or 4 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: incendiary: 9 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 9 + 1 + 9 + 7 = 57, reduced: 3, and the final result is Three.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (2)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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