Incite and Lead

Incite

Incite verb - To bring (something volatile or intense) into being.

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Lead and incite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a verb "Incite".

Nearby Words: incitement, inciting

Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.

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Incite and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incite" instead a verb "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

attack	incite attack	lead attack
people	incite people	lead people
family	incite family	lead family
revolution	incite revolution	lead revolution
Other words: revolt, rebellion, uprising, war, humans.

Their plan with Sylva was to lead her into the marketplace and allow her to be captured by men they had waiting, who would then incite a mob into killing her.

Source: Literature / The Summoner Trilogy
The second season also portrays China as a nation of starving citizens oppressed by a group of power-hungry creeps using the twelve-year-old heir to the throne as their puppet before a bunch of Japanese guys lead by a white guy incite a revolution and overthrow them, which doesn't help matters.

Source: Bannedin China / China

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