The request for more American assistance could foment a diplomatic crisis with China.
Source: tatoeba (5861535)
Foment
//fəʊˈmɛnt//
Synonyms for "foment" (262 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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34 translations across 18 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 煽動 /煽动 verb (to incite or cause)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 敷藥 /敷药 verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
- 煽動 /煽动 verb (to incite or cause)
Finnish
2 entries- hautoa verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
- lietsoa verb (to incite or cause)
French
1 entries- fomenter verb (to incite or cause)
German
1 entries- fördern verb (to incite or cause)
Hebrew
2 entries- חרחר verb (to incite or cause)
- עודד verb (to incite or cause)
Hungarian
2 entries- borogat verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
- szít verb (to incite or cause)
Icelandic
1 entries- leggja bakstur við verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
Ido
2 entries- fomentar verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
- stuvagar verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
Italian
1 entries- fomentare verb (to incite or cause)
Japanese
2 entries- 胎動する verb (to incite or cause)
- 醸成する verb (to incite or cause)
Latin
1 entries- fōmentō verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
Norwegian
1 entries- fyre opp under verb (to incite or cause)
Portuguese
1 entries- fomentar verb (to incite or cause)
Russian
4 entries- класть примо́чки и́ли припа́рки verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
- побужда́ть verb (to incite or cause)
- подстрека́ть verb (to incite or cause)
- провоци́ровать verb (to incite or cause)
Spanish
2 entries- fomentar verb (to incite or cause)
- fomentar verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
Swedish
4 entries- badda verb ((medicine) to apply a poultice to)
- befordra verb (to incite or cause)
- instigera verb (to incite or cause)
- nära verb (to incite or cause)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розпа́лювати verb (to incite or cause)
- розпали́ти verb (to incite or cause)
Sample sentences
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These disputes being carried to Elizabeth, she set herself with heartless policy to foment them in every possible way.
Source: tatoeba (11893286)
He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.
Source: wiktionary
Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest.
Source: wiktionary
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