incendiarism

in·cen·di·ar·y  (n-snd-r)

adj.

1.

a. Causing or capable of causing fire.

b. Of or containing chemicals that produce intensely hot fire when exploded: an incendiary bomb.

c. Of or involving arson.

2. Tending to inflame; inflammatory: an incendiary speech.

n. pl. in·cen·di·ar·ies

1. An arsonist.

2. An incendiary device.

3. One who creates or stirs up factionalism or sedition; an agitator.

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[Middle English, from Latin incendirius, from incendium, fire, from incendere, to set on fire; see incense¹.]

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in·cendi·a·rism (--rzm) n.

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incendiarism

the deliberate destruction of property by fire; arson. — incendiary, n., adj.

See also: Fire

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

incendiarism - malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" arson, fire-raising burning, combustion - the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"