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as in provoked
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being
the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours
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as in encouraged
to rouse to strong feeling or action
the demagogue's fiery rant incited the crowd to riot
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Recent Examples of incited
Earlier this year, the Parenthood alum incited anger for sharing a NSFW post of Bell doing nude yoga to celebrate the news of her Nobody Wants This Emmy nomination.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Back then, a single team coming together to put a pair of climbers on a summit incited national celebration.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
Raven’s marvel of a case study recapitulates the dissonance whereby cycles—political, social, structural, ecological—continue, monuments are created and destroyed and momentum is incited and frustrated, all while costs continue to mount.
—Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
The Miami Marlins incited grumbling across the sport as the organization embarked on several newfangled initiatives in 2025.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
There is power in speaking up to reveal these hateful ideologies that have incited deadly violence.
—Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
When the president, the attorney general, or others in the administration say that liberal speech caused Tyler Robinson to shoot Kirk, don’t respond by saying that Kirk’s speech also incited violence.
—Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
While many global readers celebrated The Inheritance of Loss, the novel incited controversy on the subcontinent for its representation of Nepalis; there were threats of book-burnings in Kalimpong.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
But the journalist didn’t mention what incited the longest silence.
—Jeannie Vanasco
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Back then, a single team coming together to put a pair of climbers on a summit incited national celebration.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
Raven’s marvel of a case study recapitulates the dissonance whereby cycles—political, social, structural, ecological—continue, monuments are created and destroyed and momentum is incited and frustrated, all while costs continue to mount.
—Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
The Miami Marlins incited grumbling across the sport as the organization embarked on several newfangled initiatives in 2025.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
There is power in speaking up to reveal these hateful ideologies that have incited deadly violence.
—Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
When the president, the attorney general, or others in the administration say that liberal speech caused Tyler Robinson to shoot Kirk, don’t respond by saying that Kirk’s speech also incited violence.
—Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
While many global readers celebrated The Inheritance of Loss, the novel incited controversy on the subcontinent for its representation of Nepalis; there were threats of book-burnings in Kalimpong.
—Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
But the journalist didn’t mention what incited the longest silence.
—Jeannie Vanasco
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incited
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For more than half a century, Martin Scorsese has surprised and provoked, shocked and illuminated, and – of course – entertained America, as few other filmmakers ever have.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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On the far east side of Michigan, the future of fluoride in drinking water — long an ordinary practice for preventing tooth decay — has suddenly provoked passionate debate.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
13 Oct. 2025
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Over the course of a conversation that spanned more than a million words and 300 hours, the bot encouraged Brooks to adopt grandiose beliefs, validated his delusions, and led him to believe the technological infrastructure that underpins the world was in imminent danger.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
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These men, too, were encouraged to get married—and stay married.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Puzzle and activity feeders mimic natural hunting behavior and keep cats mentally stimulated.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The team also hopes to explore whether microscopic scaffolds can guide human cell growth and if the body can be stimulated to complete tissue regeneration once printing begins.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Incited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incited. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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