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incendiary

adjective as in causing trouble, damage

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And then, predictably, an incendiary act kicks the story into overdrive: Footage of someone burning the Ten Commandments surfaces on social media.

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The US State Department accused Petro of "incendiary actions" and revoked his visa.

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The incendiary nature of his new environment - the utter bedlam - is going to be a shock.

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"Delinquents, some of whom were hooded, attacked the embassy with incendiary devices, explosives and arrows," said Bogota Mayor Carlos Fernando Galan.

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Authorities have said one plot involved putting incendiary devices on the planes of shipping giant DHL.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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