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INCENDIARISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incendiarism mean? 

INCENDIARISM (noun)
  The noun INCENDIARISM has 1 sense:

1. malicious burning to destroy propertyplay

  Familiarity information: INCENDIARISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INCENDIARISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Malicious burning to destroy property

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

arson; fire-raising; incendiarism

Context example:

the British term for arson is fire-raising

Hypernyms ("incendiarism" is a kind of...):

burning; combustion (the act of burning something)


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