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incendiary + noun
incendiary 作定语，常修饰 device、bomb、attack 等词，意为“用于放火的、燃烧的”。
Police found an incendiary device in the abandoned warehouse.
警方在废弃仓库里发现了一个燃烧装置。
放火的；纵火的
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放火的；纵火的
involving the deliberate burning of property
Police found an incendiary device in the abandoned warehouse.
警方在废弃仓库里发现了一个燃烧装置。
能够引起火灾的,或用于引火的,或实际引发火灾的。
Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
指破坏性火灾:故意纵火而非意外造成的。
Of a damaging fire, intentionally caused rather than accidental.
故意煽动冲突、暴乱、叛乱的。
Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.
煽动性的,情绪化的。
Inflammatory, emotionally charged.
The player's incendiary comment to the referee led to a fine.
球员对裁判的煽动性言论导致其被罚款。
The manager's incendiary email angered everyone in the department.
经理的煽动性邮件激怒了部门里的所有人。
The celebrity's incendiary tweet was deleted after a huge backlash.
这位名人的煽动性推文因遭到强烈反对而被删除。
incendiary 作定语，常修饰 device、bomb、attack 等词，意为“用于放火的、燃烧的”。
Police found an incendiary device in the abandoned warehouse.
警方在废弃仓库里发现了一个燃烧装置。
作表语时侧重形容言论、演讲等具有煽动性，能激起愤怒或骚乱。
His remarks were incendiary and sparked violent protests.
他的言论具有煽动性，引发了暴力抗议。
作名词时指纵火犯，也可指煽动者或燃烧弹；复数形式为 incendiaries。
The incendiary was arrested at the scene of the fire.
纵火犯在火灾现场被逮捕。
Not this
The leader incendiaries the crowd to riot.
Use this
The leader incites the crowd to riot.
incendiary 是形容词或名词，不是动词，不能像动词一样加 -s 使用；表示“煽动”这一动作，应用动词 incite，后接“被煽动的人 + to do”。
Not this
The police arrested two incendiarys.
Use this
The police arrested two incendiaries.
incendiary 以辅音字母 r 加 y 结尾，变复数时应先将 y 改为 i，再加 -es，所以复数是 incendiaries，而不是 incendiarys。
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燃烧装置
Police found an incendiary device in the abandoned warehouse.
警方在废弃仓库里发现了一个燃烧装置。
燃烧弹
The incendiary bomb started a fire that lasted for hours.
燃烧弹引发了一场持续数小时的大火。
燃烧枪弹
Troops used incendiary rounds to destroy the hidden cache.
部队使用燃烧枪弹摧毁了隐藏的补给点。
纵火袭击
The blaze was the result of an incendiary attack.
这场大火是一次纵火袭击造成的。
煽动性言论
His incendiary rhetoric has energized the crowd.
他煽动性的言论让人群情绪高涨。
燃烧武器
International law restricts the use of incendiary weapons.
国际法限制燃烧武器的使用。
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incendiary 中间的 cend 像 cinder（余烬）——能烧出灰烬的，就是放火的、燃烧的；引申为煽动的。
语域：formal 常见场景：news reports on arson、legal documents、military or technical descriptions 这个义项（指故意纵火或燃烧）多用于正式语体，比较常见于新闻报道、法律文书或技术说明中；日常口语中较少用这个词，更常说 arsonist 或 fire-raising。
作形容词时通常作定语（置于名词前）；作名词时指纵火者或燃烧弹。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.