Cause and Instigate

Cause

Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Instigate and cause are semantically related in arouse topic. In some cases you can use "Instigate" instead a verb "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Instigate

Instigate verb - Serve as the inciting cause of.

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Cause and instigate are semantically related in arouse topic. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Instigate", if it concerns topics such as trigger off.

Nearby Words: instigation, instigator, instigating

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Common collocations

people	cause people	instigate people
kind	cause kind	instigate kind
end	cause end	instigate end
incident	cause incident	instigate incident
Other words: time, disaster, apocalypse, damage, war, events, wars.

Both words in one sentence

He turns on his own people to help Ichigo, not because he believes in Ichigo's cause, but just because it'll get him close enough to Ichigo to instigate another fight with this Worthy Opponent.

Source: Blood Knight / Anime and Manga
Their first inclination towards obtaining food and clothing after losing their memories is to cause massive citywide destruction to get what they want and instigate a violent police chase.

Source: Anime / Dead Leaves

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