incendiary

Converse of object

• drop: After another daylight raid the attacks switched to the night time with over half the bombs dropped being incendiaries.
• extinguish: Sgt Neville Richard Lucey Killed when off duty but attempting to extinguish incendiaries during an air raid at Willesden.
• burn: At Lockhaugh near to Rowlands Gill incendiaries still burned on the fields and roads.

Converse of subject

• hit: He also saw melted chocolate run down the street gutters after a warehouse was hit by incendiaries.

Adjective modifier

• few: Most of the bombs ( mainly shrapnel with a few incendiaries ) were dropped in the East End.
• 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.

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.