incendiary
noun/ɪnˈsendiəri/
/ɪnˈsendieri/
(plural incendiaries)
- a bomb that is designed to make a fire start burning when it explodes synonym firebombTopics War and conflictc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin incendiarius, from incendium ‘conflagration’, from incendere ‘set fire to’.
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