conflagrative
Prone to burning
Conflagrative describes something that causes, relates to, or resembles a conflagration—a large, destructive fire.
The word applies to conditions that promote rapid burning or spread: conflagrative winds, conflagrative drought conditions.
Figuratively, it can describe situations prone to explosive conflict: The region's conflagrative politics threatened to ignite at any moment.
Urging others to act
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
tinderbox · combustible · turbulent · fomenting · agitating · rabble-rousing · seditious · instigating
Criminal deliberate burning
- pyromaniaCompulsion to start fires
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- firebugDeliberate flame-setter
- torchHandheld burning light source
inflammable · accelerant · firebombing · scorched-earth · razing · devastation · annihilation · ruinous
Starting combustion process
smolder · kindle · oxidation · fuel · combustion · incineration · flashpoint · spontaneous
Self-perpetuating intense blaze
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- bonfireLarge outdoor fire
furnace · hellfire · blazing · flares · firewall · backdraft · firebrand · holocaust
Intensely and sincerely felt
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- blazingBurning very brightly
- burningCombustion in progress
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
heated · searing · torrid · smoldering · white-hot · consuming · all-consuming · impassioned
inciting
Urging others to act
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- explosiveProne to sudden detonation
kindling · tinderbox · combustible · turbulent · fomenting · agitating · rabble-rousing · seditious · instigating
arson
Criminal deliberate burning
- pyromaniaCompulsion to start fires
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- firebugDeliberate flame-setter
torch · inflammable · accelerant · firebombing · scorched-earth · razing · devastation · annihilation · ruinous · catastrophic
ignition
Starting combustion process
char · smolder · kindle · oxidation · fuel · combustion · incineration · flashpoint · spontaneous · reaction
firestorm
Self-perpetuating intense blaze
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- pyreFuneral burning heap
bonfire · furnace · hellfire · blazing · flares · firewall · backdraft · firebrand · holocaust · towering
fervent
Intensely and sincerely felt
fiery · heated · searing · torrid · smoldering · white-hot · consuming · all-consuming · impassioned · incandescent
conflagrativefireproof
Unable to ignite
fire-resistant · flame-retardant · incombustible · noncombustible · nonflammable
conflagrativepacifying
Calming someone agitated
calming · soothing · conciliatory · defusing · mollifying