Check and Incite

Check

Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.

Incite is an antonym for check.

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

Check is an antonym for incite in encourage topic.

Nearby Words: incitement, inciting

Common collocations

time check time incite time

Both words in one sentence

  • Pragmatic Villainy aka: Pragmatic Villain 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.
  • Evil Overlord Check. Is Stupid Evil enough to incite rebellions or make enemies of just lords?
    Source: Evil Overlord
  • Film / Pan's Labyrinth 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.
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