Instigate and Support

Instigate

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

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Support and instigate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Support" instead a verb "Instigate".

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Instigate and support are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instigate" instead a verb "Support".

people	instigate people	support people
kind	instigate kind	support kind
relationship	instigate relationship	support relationship
plan	instigate plan	support plan
Other words: rule, story, rebellion, war, friends.

In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, you can instigate some support conversations that refer to characters that haven't joined.

Source: Script Breaking
One episode of the FBI negotiations\hostage rescue series Standoff had one such DJ who was making a hostage taking harder by drumming up support for the criminal and trying to instigate the crowd he had gathered there into a riot.

Source: Dumbass DJ

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