Tom's inability to control his temper will likely instigate one international crisis after another.
Source: tatoeba (5379888)
Instigate
/ˈɪnstəɡeɪt/
Synonyms for "instigate" (109 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
9 entriesMore specific
6 entriesinstigate a conflictinstigate a policy changeinstigate a protestinstigate a riotinstigate a scandalinstigate trouble
Collocations
6 entriesinstigate a debateinstigate a protestinstigate actioninstigate changeinstigate controversyinstigate reform
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Some people conjecture whether there will be madmen who would instigate a "push button" war that would kill millions of people quickly. Will there be madmen who would kill millions because of politics? It happened before.
Source: tatoeba (10557189)
They used every means in their power to instigate the people against him.
Source: tatoeba (11495032)
Feminists instigate women against men.
Source: tatoeba (12240715)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.