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inflammatory

 adjective
     
Related topics: Illness and Disability
in‧flam‧ma‧to‧ry
1 an inflammatory speech, piece of writing etc is likely to make people feel angry:
inflammatory remarks
2 technicalMI an inflammatory disease or medical condition causes inflammation:
inflammatory bowel disease
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