as in provocative
tending to excite political disorder or insurrection
the restless crowd was stirred up by the inflammatory rhetoric
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Recent Examples of inflammatory
At the same time, Stella also got bullied for her seborrheic dermatitis, a different inflammatory skin condition that cropped up on her scalp and created visible patches of flaky skin.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2025
Called Indomo, the company has developed an at-home mode of delivery for the steroid injection, which currently can only be administered in-office by dermatologists and is known to rapidly treat cystic and inflammatory acne.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
Why Endometriosis Symptoms Persist After Menopause Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory condition that occurs when endometrial-like tissue grows outside of the uterus.
—Tabitha Britt, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
But having the goods to back up your inflammatory beliefs is hardly the point of Grokipedia, a platform simply meant to appear authoritative in its own right.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2025
Called Indomo, the company has developed an at-home mode of delivery for the steroid injection, which currently can only be administered in-office by dermatologists and is known to rapidly treat cystic and inflammatory acne.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
Why Endometriosis Symptoms Persist After Menopause Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory condition that occurs when endometrial-like tissue grows outside of the uterus.
—Tabitha Britt, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
But having the goods to back up your inflammatory beliefs is hardly the point of Grokipedia, a platform simply meant to appear authoritative in its own right.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflammatory
Adjective
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One of the official accounts, @GovPressOffice, has seen nearly 1 billion impressions on X since those first provocative posts in June, per Newsom's campaign.—
Brittany Shepherd,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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But Bugonia’s provocative premise doesn’t yield a sci-fi thriller.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The people released from prison included Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and sentenced in 2023 to 18 years in prison.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of participants have been charged with crimes ranging from trespassing to assault and seditious conspiracy.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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French has a history of incendiary social media posts.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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But Sia filed her own documents on Tuesday, countering Bernad's claims as to her sobriety, questioning his own, and leveling a new, incendiary allegation.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Inflammatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflammatory. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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