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s | incendiary |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective incendiary is

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

As a noun incendiary is

something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

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    incendiary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
  • Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.
  • Inflammatory, emotionally charged.
    • Politics is an incendiary topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.

    Noun

    (incendiaries)
  • Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
    • The military used incendiaries to destroy the building. Fortunately, the fire didn't spread.
  • One who maliciously sets fires; an arsonist.
  • (figurative) One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels; an agitator.
  • * Bentley
    • Several cities drove them out as incendiaries .