English Dictionary

incendiary

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈsɛn.dɪ.əɹ.i/

形容詞

比喩的用法

Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire. / (figuratively) Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion. / (figuratively) Inflammatory, emotionally charged.

日本語の意味

火を発生させる、燃焼性の / （比喩的に）煽情的な、扇動性の / （比喩的に）感情を煽る

The firefighters discovered several incendiary devices hidden in the basement.

消防士たちは地下室でいくつかの放火用の装置を発見した。

意味（1）

Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.

We saw photographs of bodies riddled with pellets from fragmentation bombs or charred by incendiary weapons (besides napalm, the Americans also drop white phosphorus, Thermit, and magnesium on the Vietnamese).

意味（2）

(figuratively) Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.

Earlier that year Italian Jews had come under serious attack when an incendiary publication, Gli ebrei in Italia (The Jews in Italy), had flooded the bookshops. The author, Paolo Orano, was a Fascist publicist whose book helped to harden Italian public sensibility against the Jews and pave the way for their eventual persecution.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Inflammatory, emotionally charged.

Politics is an incendiary topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.

more incendiary （ comparative ）

most incendiary （ superlative ）