Caused
Instigated and caused are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Instigated" instead a verb "Caused".
Instigated
Caused and instigated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Caused" instead a verb "Instigated".
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The infamous purge instigated by Luscinia was apparently caused mainly by these tensions.
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While showing the Avengers footage of the collateral damage their actions have caused, Ross omits showing the destruction caused in Harlem, which he instigated by letting Banner loose on the Abomination, and giving Blonsky the super serum to become the Abomination in the first place.
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Also, the Catholic Church manipulated Mohammed into creating "the Islam religion" (which includes Catholics on the list of people to convert), instigated The American Civil War and then caused the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and John F.
Source: Comic Book / Chick Tracts
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Instigated and Caused. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/caused/instigated
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