incite (someone) (to something)

incite (someone) (to something)

To provoke or otherwise prompt someone to do something Trying to disperse this crowd by force might very well incite them to riot. I asked you to de-escalate the situation! How did you manage to incite them to fight instead? I knew if you teased your brother long enough, you'd incite him to smack you!

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incite someone

to something to excite or provoke someone to something. The radicals tried to incite the students to violence. The students were incited to violent behavior by the lecturer.

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