Instigated
Started and instigated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Started" instead a verb "Instigated".
Started
Instigated and started are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instigated" instead a verb "Started".
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Both words in one sentence
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While it's true that Academia instigated a genocide, produces sociopathic Child Soldiers, and has already started a major war, they hadn't fully launched an attack on Standard yet and, as far as the audience knows, wasn't planning on invading this particular place.
Source: Framing the Guilty Party
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Started and Instigated. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/instigated/started
Instigated & Started. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/instigated/started>.
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