- brand, firebrand - a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
--1 is a kind of firewood
- instigator, provoker, inciter, instigant, firebrand - someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
--2 is a kind of troublemaker, trouble maker, troubler, mischief-maker, bad hat
--2 has particulars: ringleader