Meaning & use
inflammatory
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Causing inflammation in the body, or likely to arouse strong feelings of anger or protest.
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Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory drug that reduces swelling.
The politician's inflammatory remarks sparked outrage across social media.
A note on using this word
Used in two very different contexts: medicine (swelling in tissue) and rhetoric (provoking anger).
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