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Incendiary (Noun)

A criminal who illegally sets fire to property.

Nouns denoting people.

The police were searching for the incendiary who had set fire to the abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town.
As an incendiary, he had a history of targeting commercial properties, causing millions of dollars in damages.
The investigation revealed that the incendiary had used a homemade explosive device to ignite the blaze.
After a lengthy investigation, the authorities finally apprehended the incendiary responsible for the string of arsons in the city.
The judge sentenced the convicted incendiary to 20 years in prison for his role in setting fire to the residential complex.

A bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel).

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

The fire department was on high alert after the threat of an incendiary being planted in the warehouse district.
Incendiaries were used to attack the oil refinery, causing widespread damage and disrupting production.
The pilot had to navigate through a field of incendiaries that had been dropped by enemy planes to disable the airfield.
During the war, incendiaries were often used to target enemy fuel supplies, causing devastating fires and destruction.
The military developed new strategies to defend against incendiaries, which had become a favorite tactic of their enemy.