foment
verb (used with object)
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of.
fomenter
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a word derived from
foment.
Example Sentences
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He wasn’t just a sharply critical, sharp-elbowed political-social commentator; he was, for four decades, an acid-tonged, angry fomenter whose attacks and diatribes often veered into the ugly and worse.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2021
Another explanation might be that famed fomenter of teen fads, TikTok.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2020
An early fomenter of Bloody Mary zaniness was Dave Sobelman, proprietor of several namesake establishments around Milwaukee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2018
Though she herself was never actually connected with bombs & bloodshed, Emma Goldman's burgeoning reputation as a fomenter of trouble led the police into many an attempt to pin something on her.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bernick: That is perfectly true; he is an agitator and a fomenter of discontent; but such an unscrupulous thing as this--Look here, Krap; you must look into the matter once more.
From Pillars of Society by R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson) Sharp
