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Six example sentences with incendiary, each labelled with its topic.
Investigators ruled the empty warehouse fire incendiary after finding a trail of accelerant leading from the loading dock.
Law
The 1666 blaze was long thought incendiary, though modern historians blame a baker oven and a dry summer wind.
History
Sprinkler standards for the tower assume an incendiary event on any floor, not merely a forgotten pan in a kitchen.
Architecture
Rangers judged the forest fire incendiary after finding matches at three separate starting points along the trail.
Environment
Forensic chemists can tell an incendiary fire from an accidental one by the burn pattern near the floor.
Science
Insurers refuse to pay when a fire is ruled incendiary, so adjusters photograph every scorch mark before the debris is cleared.
Business
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