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instigated

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of Instigate

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in pursuit of their personal political agenda. Mwai Kibaki

Fighting Dad's not a fight. Fighting dad is, "Hi, you've just instigated your own mugging! Come on down!" Christopher Titus

Cato instigated the magistrates to punish all offenders, saying that they that did not prevent crimes when they might, encouraged them. Of young men, he liked them that blushed better than those who looked pale. Plutarch

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit. Anthony Trollope

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy. Tertullian

Today in Europe, violence instigated by individuals and groups who fear diversity is spreading. Gjorge Ivanov

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