Check
Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.
Incite
Incite verb - To bring (something volatile or intense) into being.
Usage example: the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours
Nearby Words: incitement, inciting
Common collocations
| time | check time | incite time |
Both words in one sentence
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Only because his men didn't check on them thoroughly, thus wasting his time, and killing innocent civilians would probably incite the townspeople to support the rebels.
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Check. Is Stupid Evil enough to incite rebellions or make enemies of just lords?
Source: Evil Overlord -
Pragmatic Villainy: Captain Vidal was annoyed that he killed two innocent hunters he mistook for rebels only because his men didn't check on them thoroughly, thus wasting his time, and killing innocent civilians would probably incite the townspeople to support the rebels.
Source: Film / Pan's Labyrinth
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