incited; inciting
: to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
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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Some groups pushing for deportations say their focus is on students whose actions go beyond marching in protests, to those taking over campus buildings and inciting violence against Jewish students.
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Adam Geller, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Buying a ticket to Sachs’ film has become a form of political expression for the many Jews who feel the inciting atrocities of October 7 have been too easily forgotten and that American culture and media has not done enough to speak out against antisemitism.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
It has been banned on numerous occasions due to accusations of inciting violence, most recently in 2024.
—Shamim Chowdhury, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
Unicorn’s inciting incident is when Elliot (Paul Rudd) and Ridley Kintner (Jenna Ortega) hit a unicorn with their rental car en route to the Leopold family lodge.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
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Adam Geller, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Buying a ticket to Sachs’ film has become a form of political expression for the many Jews who feel the inciting atrocities of October 7 have been too easily forgotten and that American culture and media has not done enough to speak out against antisemitism.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
It has been banned on numerous occasions due to accusations of inciting violence, most recently in 2024.
—Shamim Chowdhury, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
Unicorn’s inciting incident is when Elliot (Paul Rudd) and Ridley Kintner (Jenna Ortega) hit a unicorn with their rental car en route to the Leopold family lodge.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Incite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incite. Accessed 18 Apr. 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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