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"Instigate"
Keywords:
incite
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provoke
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goad
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unrest
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riot
To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.
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provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
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serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
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Keywords:
happen
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event
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someone
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causes
someone who instigates an event causes it to happen.
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