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inflammatory

[in-flam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

adjective

  1. tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc..

    inflammatory speeches.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. Pathology.of or caused by inflammation.



inflammatory

/ ɪnˈflæmətərɪ, -trɪ /

adjective

  1. characterized by or caused by inflammation

  2. tending to arouse violence, strong emotion, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • inflammatorily adverb
  • noninflammatory adjective
  • subinflammatory adjective
  • ˈڱٴǰ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inflammatory1

First recorded in 1725–35; from Latin Դڱ(ܲ) “kindled” (past participle of Դڱ “to kindle”; inflame ) + -ory 1
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Noem’s noxious mix of willful ignorance and inflammatory rhetoric is almost too ludicrous to mock.

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A council leader has said an MP's claims the local authority takes a "disproportionate number" of asylum seekers were "misleading and inflammatory".

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His administration previously deployed 2,000 troops from the California national guard to Los Angeles, in a move that California Gov. called "purposefully inflammatory."

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“This is America. To send the National Guard was intentionally inflammatory.”

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His decision to summon the National Guard overruled the authority of California Governor Gavin Newsom, who called the move "purposefully inflammatory".

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