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noun

Something that incites especially a violent response:

goad, incitation, incitement, instigation, provocation, stimulus. See cause

verb

To be the cause of:
bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir¹ (up), touch off. Idioms: bring to pass (or effect), give rise to. See start
To stir to action or feeling:
egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, work up. See cause, excite

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