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US
/ˈɪnstəˌɡeɪt/
]
[ UK /ˈɪnstɪɡˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪnstɪɡˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
serve as the inciting cause of
She prompted me to call my relatives -
provoke or stir up
incite a riot
set off great unrest among the people
How To Use instigate In A Sentence
- Despite this, Rosenthal completed the bomb run and instigated a series of violent maneuvers to throw the aim of the flak guns.
- It would not prove worthwhile to instigate a nuclear attack.
- It is the kind of joint development ideal for us both and a model for the sort of project we must instigate. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
- The commission dubbed him an “inciter” but found no concrete evidence that he instigated riots; no Carmichael conspiracy existed, they concluded. Burial for a King
- He instigated the ending of a free working lunch in the company.
- WELCOME MSOMI, DIRECTOR, "ZULU MACBETH": The similarities between "Macbeth" and Uma Botha (ph), it's exactly the same things, where Macabiu (ph), the princess in the Zulu family, instigated and got his brothers and cousins to kill King Shaga (ph) so that King Denun (ph) could take over. CNN Transcript May 5, 2001
- It is the kind of joint development ideal for us both and a model for the sort of project we must instigate. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
- Instead, he instigated a demand-led programme, encouraging staff to come up with innovative ideas and then cherry-picking those that would add value to the economy.
- In fact, one of the biggest mandates I have for my managers is to instigate change.
- In these days of public inquiries into just about anything, perhaps the Council ought to instigate one of its own to see if the Leeds Rhinos managed to insert a mole in the Bradford planning department.
