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incendiary
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incendiary
1. of or relating to the illegal burning of property, goods, etc.
2. tending to create strife, violence, etc.; inflammatory
3. (of a substance) capable of catching fire, causing fires, or burning readily
4. a person who illegally sets fire to property, goods, etc.; arsonist
5. (esp formerly) a person who stirs up civil strife, violence, etc., for political reasons; agitator
6. an incendiary substance, such as phosphorus

incendiary [in′sen·dē‚er·ē]
(ordnance)
Ammunition equipped so that an incendiary effect at the target occurs.


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It also happens to be on the site where Thomas Paine wrote his rabble-rousing essays "The Crisis" and "Common Sense.
That means for every Black Eyed Peas rabble-rousing booty-shaker, there's a torch-singing Norah Jones.
To be sure, NGOs still engage in plenty of old-fashioned rabble-rousing.
 
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