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How to pronounce incite in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms actuate, motivate, move, prompt, propel
Type of do, make, cause
Verb group strike, affect, impress, move
Derivation incitement, incitation
Type Words
Synonyms instigate, set off, stir up
Type of provoke, stimulate
Has types raise
Derivation incitement, inciter, incitive, incitation


incite a riot.
Type Words
Synonyms egg on, prod
Has types goose, halloo, goad
Derivation incitement, inciter, incitation

Examples of incite

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Through silent protests citizens plan to rebuff those who want to incite unrest.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
I do neither incite nor plant the seeds of discord among population's age scale.
From the economist.com
It's conceivable that it could incite terrorist attacks and cost American lives.
From the economist.com
Sure to incite debate is the festival's selection of 100 definitive cult films.
From the telegraph.co.uk
At issue in the trial is whether or not Jones'protest is likely to incite a riot.
From the freep.com
Not wanting to incite controversy, the Corcoran Gallery backed out of the show.
From the time.com
Then again, seeing Alan Alda playing a Wall Street villain might incite a riot.
From the theepochtimes.com
Luo Gan had attempted to incite the persecution of Falun Gong even before 1999.
From the theepochtimes.com
There's no doubt government attempts to change health care can incite real anger.
From the thestate.com
More examples
  • Motivate: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
  • Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
  • Prod: urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
  • (incitement) incitation: an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny"
  • (incitement) provocation: needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
  • (incitement) exhortation: the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
  • The Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program is operated by the Argonne and Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facilities and awards sizeable allocations (typically millions of processor hours per project) on some of the world's most powerful supercomputers ...
  • (Incitement) In English criminal law, incitement was an anticipatory common law offence and was the act of persuading, encouraging, instigating, pressuring, or threatening so as to cause another to commit a crime.
  • (Incitement (Gorillaz)) Gorillaz is a musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur and British cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. ...