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Examples of instigate
instigate
Yang Zaixin repeatedly stated that he did not instigate others to commit perjury.
From the theepochtimes.com
Down the road, the county hopes to instigate a recycling plan for organic matter.
From the kentucky.com
To the Reds, this was no tapping of a catcher's shin guards to instigate a row.
From the stltoday.com
Can we instigate a Twitter backlash against this example of product placement?
From the guardian.co.uk
When operating, the seismic alerts are used to instigate the watches and warnings.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Do your fact-finding before you instigate something you may not be able to finish.
From the suntimes.com
But here, the goal of the anti-Islam video was ostensibly NOT to instigate deaths.
From the newsfeed.time.com
He has been prepared to instigate projects that would not deliver profit for years.
From the online.wsj.com
The Bank of England should instigate a further round of quantitative easing3.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Incite: provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
- Prompt: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
- (instigation) abetment: the verbal act of urging on
- (instigation) fomentation: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
- To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite
- (instigation) The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness
- To stir up purposefully, to excite to activity
- To incite, stimulate, or induce into action; goad into an unlawful or bad action, such as a crime.
