- (a.) Accompanied with or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.
- (a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches or publications.
- (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle or irritate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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