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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Mafioso, Young Turk, agent provocateur, agitational, agitative, agitator, agitprop, arsonist, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, bomber, brute, catalyst, demagogue, demon, devil, dragon, enkindling, exciter, fiend, fire worshiper, fire-eater, firebrand, firebug, fomenter, fomenting, fury, goon, gorilla, gunsel, hardnose, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, incentive, inciter, inciting, incitive, inflamer, inflaming, inflammative, inflammatory, instigating, instigative, instigator, killer, kindling, lighting, mad dog, madcap, mischief-maker, monster, mugger, provocateur, provoker, pyrolater, pyromaniac, pyrophile, rabble-rouser, rabble-rousing, rapist, revolutionary, ringleader, rouser, savage, seditionary, seditionist, she-wolf, spitfire, termagant, terror, terrorist, tiger, tigress, torch, tough, tough guy, troublemaker, ugly customer, urger, violent, virago, vixen, wild beast, witch, wolf
Dictionary Results for incendiary:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
incendiary
    adj 1: involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary
           fire"
    2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: incendiary,
       incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing,
       seditious]
    3: capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or
       burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"
    n 1: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn:
         arsonist, incendiary, firebug]
    2: a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective
       against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: incendiary
       bomb, incendiary, firebomb]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\, a. [L. incendiarius, fr. incendium
   a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to
   inflame.]
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   1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning
      of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as
      incendiary crime.
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   2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or
      quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. --Paley.
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   Incendiary device, a device designed to set a structure on
      fire; a firebomb.

   Incendiary shell, a bombshell. See Carcass, 4.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Incendiary \In*cen"di*a*ry\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Incendiaries.
   [L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to
   inflame.]
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   1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or
      other valuable or other valuable property.
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   2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes
      quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.
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            Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries.
                                                  --Bentley.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
INCENDIARY, crim. law. One who maliciously and willfully sets another 
person's house on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson. 
     2. This offence is punished by the statute laws of the different states 
according to their several provisions. The civil law punished it with death, 
Dig. 47, 9, 12, 1, by the offender being cast into the fire. Id. 48, 19, 28, 
12; Code, 9, 1, 11. Vide Dane's Ab. Index, h.t. 



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