Sentence examples for incendiarism from inspiring English sources

The word 'incendiarism' is a correct and usable word in written English
It refers to the act of deliberately setting fire to property or causing fires to spread. Example: The police suspect that the recent rash of fires in the neighborhood is the result of incendiarism by an arsonist.

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incendiarism

noun

The act or practice of burning property; arson.

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The immediate result of the Sharpeville blood-letting has been to cause the South African government to suspend the pass laws temporarily; and this has been followed by a bonfire of passbooks among Africans, together with other acts of incendiarism, which will make it hard to reimpose them.

He actively pressed Nero's reign of terror following the abortive conspiracy of Piso in 65 and was suspected of incendiarism in the great fire that led to the first persecution of Christians.

There was great discussion as to whether it was caused by enemy incendiarism, and since Salonika was full of spies this would not have been a difficult matter; on the previous day Monastir had been evacuated because of a fire caused by incendiary bombs, and Florina had likewise suffered.

The Romans had not solved the problem of the fireproof basilican church a problem that became pressing with the frequent conflagrations in timber-built towns and, not less, the incendiarism that was a lamentable consequence of endemic local wars and the incursions of organized marauders.

Joyce argued, "The real trouble is not violence or incendiarism or hysterics or simulated suicide.

This extraordinary film is celluloid incendiarism, rabble-rousing cinema with a delirious, delicious edge of black comedy which I estimate to be about 90-95% intentional.

That the secession itself was intended to preserve the institution of slavery against the federal government (which, the secession declaration stated, "advocates negro equality, socially and politically, and promotes insurrection and incendiarism in our midst") is mostly glossed over in Mississippi today, where the flag is just as Southern as sweet tea and cornbread.

Canetti's haunting comments on crowds and fire noted that the most striking and dangerous trait of the crowd is "the propensity to incendiarism".

Her actions -- incendiarism, singing all night, throwing books out of the window -- were "her repertoire of coping behaviors".

Incendiarism has broken out there and reinforcements of troops to the number of 5,000 are on their way.

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