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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For example, less than a month after George Floyd was murdered in Minnesota in 2020, inciting nationwide Black Lives Matter rallies, Gascón shared a thread recapping her views.
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
In response, Meta's legal team said Trump was suspended for violating policies against inciting violence, not because of any statement made by a member of Congress.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
On that day, I was attacked while defending the Capitol against invasion by thousands in a barbaric mob of rioters incited by Trump.
—Aquilino Gonell, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
And the California Democrat also helped lead the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which found Trump singularly culpable for inciting the violence that day.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
In response, Meta's legal team said Trump was suspended for violating policies against inciting violence, not because of any statement made by a member of Congress.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
On that day, I was attacked while defending the Capitol against invasion by thousands in a barbaric mob of rioters incited by Trump.
—Aquilino Gonell, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
And the California Democrat also helped lead the congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which found Trump singularly culpable for inciting the violence that day.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Incite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incite. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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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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