Foment
Foment verb - To bring (something volatile or intense) into being.
Usage example: John Adams's wife, Abigail, told him that if women were not remembered by the new American government, they would “foment a Rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation”
Trigger and foment are semantically related in cause topic. In some cases you can use "Trigger" instead a verb "Foment".
Nearby Words: fomentation, fomenting
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