English-Finnish translations for incendiary

  • tulenarkaTällainen sotaisa ja tulenarka retoriikka voi vain pahentaa tilannetta. Such bellicose and incendiary rhetoric can only make matters worse. Tämä materiaali on hyvin tulenarkaa.Kysymys on hyvin tulenarka ja voi johtaa laajoihin levottomuuksiin.
  • lietsova
  • palopommiArvoisa puhemies, viime maanantaina toimistooni tuotiin palopommi, joka oli osoitettu minulle mutta jonka aukaisi eräs henkilökuntani jäsen. Mr President, as you will be aware, last Monday my office received an incendiary bomb which was addressed to me but opened by my staff.
  • palopommi sytyke
  • palopuhuja
  • sytyke
  • tuhopolttaja

Definition of incendiary

  • Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire
  • Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion
  • Inflammatory, emotionally charged
  • Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon
  • One who maliciously sets fires
  • One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels

Examples

  • Politics is an incendiary topic; it tends to cause fights to break out
  • The military used incendiaries to destroy the building. Fortunately, the fire didnt spread

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