incite
verb (used with object)
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action.
incitation
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a word derived from
incite.
Example Sentences
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The Brazilian Volleyball Confederation said in a statement it “repudiates any kind of violence or incitation to violent action.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
Between these voices of reason and incitation, between these two seemingly different men, lie 22 years of power and five U.S. presidents.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2022
The incitation passes to the hippocampus, where it is built up into an emotional process.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The film was never intended as a stigmatization of the banlieue, nor an incitation to violence, nor above all, as an underhanded way to deliver a racist message," they stated.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course this was but an incitation to plunder.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
