Tom's inability to control his temper will likely instigate one international crisis after another.
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Instigate
//ˈɪnstəɡeɪt//
Synonyms for "instigate" (109 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
Verb(18 words)
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2 entriesderived
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4 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- حَرَّضَ verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- دَفَعَ verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Armenian
1 entries- սադրել verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- rəvac vermək verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- təhrik etmək verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Bulgarian
3 entries- подстрекавам verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- предизвиквам verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- провокирам verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Chechen
2 entries- оьйхаз ваккха verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- питана тийса verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 指使 verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- 煽動 /煽动 verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Dutch
1 entries- aanstichten verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Esperanto
2 entries- instigi verb (to bring about by urging or encouraging)
- instigi verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Finnish
1 entries- yllyttää verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
French
2 entries- inciter verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- susciter verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
German
4 entries- anstacheln verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- anstiften verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- anzetteln verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- hetzen verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Hungarian
3 entries- felbujt verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- provokál verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- uszít verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Japanese
1 entries- 煽動する verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Korean
1 entries- 부추기다 verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Latin
1 entries- instigō verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Māori
3 entries- whakaara verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- whakakīkī verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- whakatū verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دورتمك verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- كوروكلمك verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Polish
4 entries- judzić verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- namawiać verb (to bring about by urging or encouraging)
- namówić verb (to bring about by urging or encouraging)
- podburzać verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Portuguese
1 entries- instigar verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Russian
3 entries- подбива́ть verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- подгова́ривать verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- подстрека́ть verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Slovak
4 entries- nabádať verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- naviesť verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- navádzať verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- podnecovať verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Spanish
4 entries- instigar verb (to bring about by urging or encouraging)
- instigar verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- soliviantar verb (to bring about by urging or encouraging)
- soliviantar verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Swedish
2 entries- anstifta verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- pressa fram verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Ukrainian
2 entries- підбу́рити verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
- підбу́рювати verb (to goad or urge a person forward)
Sample 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)
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