incendiaries

noun

plural of incendiary
1
as in torches
a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property firefighters caught the incendiary, who was watching the effects of his handiwork

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2
as in rebels
a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent blamed the protests on outside incendiaries who were intent on overthrowing the government

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incendiaries
  1. torches
  2. rebels
  3. insurgents
  4. supporters
  5. firebrands
  6. proponents
  7. agitators
  8. promoters
Noun
  • Ancient viewers would have relied on beeswax and tallow candles, incense burners and torches.
    — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Protesting steelworkers walked around the Riverside pitch in 2015, torches lit on their mobile phones.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of torches
Noun
  • Ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, however, still face attacks from Iran, while the Bab el-Mandeb Strait near Yemen has been threatened by the Houthi rebels.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The war next door United Nations experts have documented Rwandan military support for M23 rebels, which have seized territory in eastern DRC.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • Khalilzad on Friday wrote on X that there had been reports of Pakistan arming Afghans to fight the Taliban inside Afghanistan and of the Pakistani military recruiting Afghans to fight anti-Pakistan insurgents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Gavroche and the insurgents of 1832—the wretched who became rioters—were ready to die defending a particular vision of the republic against the July Monarchy and the usurper Louis-Philippe.
    — Ollivier Pourriol, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • One section of bleachers directly behind the lectern and in the eye of the cameras was filled with supporters who looked young enough to be Florida Gulf Coast undergrads.
    — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
  • On Saturday, both are expected to take tens of thousands of supporters to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in their last effort before the runoff.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of supporters
Noun
  • In a moment when voters increasingly reward populist firebrands, Becerra presents as calm, workmanlike, and maybe a little boring.
    — Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • If the conservative base continues to demand ideological purity, pushing polarizing firebrands into a general election, the result will always be an immediate, lopsided blowout.
    — Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of firebrands
Noun
  • Currently not even the strongest proponents of the Many Worlds interpretation agree on how to answer these questions.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The No campaign accused measure proponents of misusing the state office.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of proponents
Noun
  • Scores of pages of planning documents and social media posts analyzed by Fox News Digital reveal that agitators have laid the groundwork for a coordinated campaign with money, logistics and a communications infrastructure behind their efforts.
    — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The ranks of the protesters have also swelled to include some more opportunistic looters and agitators.
    — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of agitators
Noun
  • Both plans include 185-plus fights per year from the best promoters.
    — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of promoters
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