incited; inciting
: to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
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Examples of incite in a Sentence
The news incited widespread fear and paranoia.
the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours
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Yet the Chinese government continues to accuse him of inciting political unrest against the state.
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Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023
In his own floor speech, Romney said, What happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the president of the United States.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2023
Hamas’ surprise attack on Israeli civilians over the weekend incited strong reactions on college campuses across the United States.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2023
Now the 52-year-old, who goes by the alias Strelkov, sits in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo jail awaiting trial on a charge of inciting extremism, the latest entry in the list of pro-war patriots and erstwhile loyalists liquidated by a regime that will bear no dissent.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
Police said that one person was arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and three people were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2023
Kinson Cheung, Charles Kwok, Chris Todorovski and Anthony Yung, former student leaders from the University of Hong Kong, were sentenced to two years in prison for inciting people to wound others through their praise of a man who stabbed a police officer before killing himself in 2021.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
On the other side of the chamber, Senator Bill Cassidy, one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump for inciting an insurrection in his second impeachment trial, insisted that Johnson’s ascension was not an indication that the GOP was moving on from the violence of January 6.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
New leaders might seek nationalist credentials by allowing or even inciting attacks on Israeli settlers or soldiers.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
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Lobsang Sangay, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2023
In his own floor speech, Romney said, What happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the president of the United States.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2023
Hamas’ surprise attack on Israeli civilians over the weekend incited strong reactions on college campuses across the United States.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2023
Now the 52-year-old, who goes by the alias Strelkov, sits in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo jail awaiting trial on a charge of inciting extremism, the latest entry in the list of pro-war patriots and erstwhile loyalists liquidated by a regime that will bear no dissent.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2023
Police said that one person was arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and three people were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2023
Kinson Cheung, Charles Kwok, Chris Todorovski and Anthony Yung, former student leaders from the University of Hong Kong, were sentenced to two years in prison for inciting people to wound others through their praise of a man who stabbed a police officer before killing himself in 2021.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
On the other side of the chamber, Senator Bill Cassidy, one of seven Republican senators to vote to convict Trump for inciting an insurrection in his second impeachment trial, insisted that Johnson’s ascension was not an indication that the GOP was moving on from the violence of January 6.
—Grace Segers, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2023
New leaders might seek nationalist credentials by allowing or even inciting attacks on Israeli settlers or soldiers.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
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Medical Definition
incite
transitive verb
in·cite
in-ˈsīt 
incited; inciting
: to bring into being : induce to exist or occur
organisms that readily incited antibody formation
Legal Definition
incite
transitive verb
in·cite
in-ˈsīt
incited; inciting
: to urge on
incite a riot
incitement
noun
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