incendiary - use in sentences
Modifies a noun
- bomb: An incendiary bomb through the roof into the kitchen.
- device: There are no incendiary devices used in the play, the nearest source of heat would be the rig on the ceiling.
- bullet: Worst of all was the knowledge that, using incendiary bullets, British aircraft had succeeded in shooting down airships.
- raid: Nearly 2.5 square miles of Kobe was also destroyed by incendiary raids.
- shell: A tracer or incendiary shell caused the fire in the airship.
- weapon: The use of such incendiary weapons against civilian targets is banned by international treaty.
Modifying Another Word
- particularly: Tonight's show â incidentally their biggest UK headline gig to date â is a particularly incendiary affair.
Used with adjective complement
- become: As the first note was struck the audience erupted into a sea of flying bodies and the already hot atmosphere became incendiary.
Adjective modifier
- other: When he made his report, Dad learned that there had been other incendiaries but all were dealt with.
- explosive: Around the same period explosive incendiaries destroyed my school.
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