Incite
Incite verb - To bring (something volatile or intense) into being.
Maintain and incite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Incite".
Nearby Words: incitement, inciting
Common collocations
| kind | incite kind | maintain kind |
| place | incite place | maintain place |
| population | incite population | maintain population |
Both words in one sentence
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Invoked Trope by Octavian in The Heroes of Olympus, who uses the "beware Greeks bearing gifts" line to try and incite conflict with the Greek demigods and so maintain his own power.
Source: Trojan Horse -
Trojan Horse: Invoked by Octavian, who uses the "beware Greeks bearing gifts" line to try and incite conflict with the Greek demigods and so maintain his own power.
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