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
As more people battle screen fatigue, environmental stressors, and inflammatory conditions, a surprising number of dry eye treatments are doubling as skin boosters, offering benefits well beyond the blink.
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Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Excess fat – particularly the tissue that surrounds the internal organs – is metabolically active, producing inflammatory molecules, altering hormone levels and impairing insulin signaling.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
This chronic inflammatory skin condition, which causes a loss of pigmentation (color), can occur in people with ulcerative colitis.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 9 May 2025
Pritzker’s inflammatory speech fostered a toxic environment, evident when a speaker likened me and Moms for Liberty to executed Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher, as noted in our X post on April 28.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
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Julie Loffredi, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Excess fat – particularly the tissue that surrounds the internal organs – is metabolically active, producing inflammatory molecules, altering hormone levels and impairing insulin signaling.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
This chronic inflammatory skin condition, which causes a loss of pigmentation (color), can occur in people with ulcerative colitis.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 9 May 2025
Pritzker’s inflammatory speech fostered a toxic environment, evident when a speaker likened me and Moms for Liberty to executed Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher, as noted in our X post on April 28.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflammatory
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Sign up for the Race/Related Newsletter Join a deep and provocative exploration of race, identity and society with New York Times journalists.—
Troy Closson,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The movies were provocative by design, and many critics condemned the movie.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
30 May 2025
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This included Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader, who was previously sentenced to 22 years for seditious conspiracy, and Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, whose 18-year sentence was commuted to time served.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 attack and sentenced to 22 years in prison.—
Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
21 May 2025
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The comments online and TV were a major escalation of Fine’s already incendiary rhetoric on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has raged since October 2023, when an attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas killed 1,195 people.—
Steven Lemongello,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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In discussing the Afrikaners, Trump will encourage Ramaphosa's government to condemn what the White House official described as incendiary rhetoric against them by politicians.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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“Inflammatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflammatory. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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