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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 in·cen·di·ary /ɪnˈsɛndiˌɛri; ˈsɛndəri, djə-/
 (a.)放火的,煽動的,教唆的縱火犯人,煽動者,燃燒彈

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·cen·di·a·ry, a.
 1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime.
 2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious.
 Incendiary device, a device designed to set a structure on fire; a firebomb.
 Incendiary shell, a bombshell. See Carcass, 4.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·cen·di·a·ry n.; pl. Incendiaries
 1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property.
 2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter.
    Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries.   --Bentley.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 incendiary
      adj 1: involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary
             fire"
      2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: 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,
            firebug]
      2: a bomb that is designed to start fires; are most effective
         against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: incendiary
         bomb, firebomb]