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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Teens with extreme mental health issues, poor hygiene and anti-social behaviors would incite the others.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Fully 87% of our respondents believe Trump should apologize for false statements about Haitian immigrants in Ohio abducting and eating pets, and 94% of respondents believe hate speech is inciting increasing political violence.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
His wrongly assumed religion led to some U.K. far-right groups inciting riots and violence that lasted a week.
—Peter Boolkah, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The proposal also comes as Republicans have largely blamed Democrats for the attempts on Trump’s life, arguing the party’s rhetoric against the former president has incited violence ahead of the November election.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Sep. 2024
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Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
Fully 87% of our respondents believe Trump should apologize for false statements about Haitian immigrants in Ohio abducting and eating pets, and 94% of respondents believe hate speech is inciting increasing political violence.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
His wrongly assumed religion led to some U.K. far-right groups inciting riots and violence that lasted a week.
—Peter Boolkah, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The proposal also comes as Republicans have largely blamed Democrats for the attempts on Trump’s life, arguing the party’s rhetoric against the former president has incited violence ahead of the November election.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Sep. 2024
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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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