incendiary > define

noun

• A criminal who illegally sets fire to property.
  • synonyms: arsonist, firebug
• A bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel.
  • synonyms: incendiary bomb, firebomb

adjective

• Involving deliberate burning of property.
  • usage: "an incendiary fire"
• Arousing to action or rebellion.
  • synonyms: incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious
• Capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily.
  • usage: "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"

• (n.) A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.
• (a.) Of or pertaining to incendiarism or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime.
• (n.) Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property.
• (a.) Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious.