Foment and Trigger

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

Trigger

Trigger verb - To cause to function.

Foment and trigger are semantically related in cause topic. You can use "Foment" instead a verb "Trigger".

Nearby Words: trig, triggered, trigged, triggering, trigging

Common collocations

change foment change trigger change
fight foment fight trigger fight
battle foment battle trigger battle
war foment war trigger war
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