inflammatory speech

collocation in English

meaningsofinflammatoryandspeech

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inflammatory
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈflæm.ə.tər.i/us
/ɪnˈflæm.ə.tɔːr.i/
intended or likely to cause anger ...
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speech
noun
uk
/spiːtʃ/us
/spiːtʃ/
the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of ...
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(Definition ofinflammatoryandspeechfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinflammatory speech

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I cannot leave thisinflammatoryspeechwithout making my protest.
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It was aninflammatoryspeech, not at all helpful.
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After all, it is a question of what is aninflammatoryspeech.
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Five of these were convicted on charges of uttering aninflammatoryspeechand of intimidating assembly.
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Would he have made the same sort ofinflammatoryspeechas he made the other night?
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He flits in and makes hisinflammatoryspeech, and before anyone can reply he walks out.
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He delivers aninflammatoryspeech, but is hailed for his courage.
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Jolliffe'sinflammatoryspeechbecame the main issue of the campaign, and dominated coverage in the media for the rest of the election.
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Known for hisinflammatoryspeech.
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We heard of the inflammatory speeches by the main speakers at those rallies.
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We have listened to some very emotive if not inflammatory speeches in recent weeks.
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What we need are not demonstrations and inflammatory speeches but a policy to deal with our current problems.
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As we have just witnessed, in a debate of this kind it is perfectly possible to make long and inflammatory speeches.
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We have no senators handing out ballpoint pens to enable people to write inflammatory speeches.
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But if people develop from freedom into licence, and make inflammatory speeches inciting to violence, of course the police are bound to deal with them.
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But if the situation is to be cooled, that will not be done by inflammatory speeches.
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We have been asked not to make inflammatory speeches.
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Anyone would imagine that it is because he has made some inflammatory speeches that we have reached this impasse.
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Nevertheless, he has not lost his unique touch of making some pretty inflammatory speeches and succeeding in getting and then distorting the real picture.
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Regular appearances on the picket lines and inflammatory speeches this evening have been their contribution.
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