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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
instigate .
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Examples
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God intervenes actively in human affairs, instigates the revolution, demands freedom for the slaves and does not hesitate to use force in order to promote the common good.
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie: The Irony Of Passover: Affirming Revolution, Fearing The Revolutionary Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie 2011
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What takes away some of the credibility of the movie as well is the fact that the aliens seem to adopt the approaching method that scares, that frightens, that intimidates and instigates doubt on humans.
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"Make clear to Bashir - there will be consequences if he instigates another genocide."
Heather Robinson: The Original Darfur Heather Robinson 2010
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God intervenes actively in human affairs, instigates the revolution, demands freedom for the slaves and does not hesitate to use force in order to promote the common good.
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie: The Irony Of Passover: Affirming Revolution, Fearing The Revolutionary Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie 2011
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When I am home, in the evening, there is a little bar called Funky Munky and it's not even a dancing venue, but there is always impromptu dancing that happens— the same crowd instigates it—and they do great cocktails.
Model Erin O'Connor Is a Londoner at Heart Javier Espinoza 2011
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Gift them with something that inspires them, instigates creativity or fills them with a memorable experience.
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The death of a brother lingers profoundly in the life of his emotionally damaged sibling just as the Big Bang reverberates throughout the cosmos, and a relatively small meteorite crash instigates a cataclysmic ripple of death for the dinosaurs.
Wajahat Ali: 'The Tree Of Life': Review And Reflection Wajahat Ali 2011
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Moral and ethical ambiguity pervades the film; its most evil figure is the distant and nameless shogun who instigates the armed conflict that ends the story, and its kindest characters are the tiny, creepy kodama whose rattling skulls guide lost travelers through the woods.
MIND MELD: Anime Film Favorites (+ The Top 14 Anime Films of All Time!) 2010
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Then how come she instigates the controvery and drama that surrounds her?
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God intervenes actively in human affairs, instigates the revolution, demands freedom for the slaves and does not hesitate to use force in order to promote the common good.
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie: The Irony Of Passover: Affirming Revolution, Fearing The Revolutionary Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie 2011
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