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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 property
Familiarity information: INCENDIARISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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