Stir
Stir verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.
Usage example: news coverage of the fire stirred many to send donations to a fund for the families who had lost their homes
Trigger is a synonym for stir in start topic. In some cases you can use "Trigger" instead a verb "Stir", when it comes to topics like incite.
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Both words in one sentence
- This is in spite of a small but loud portion of the latter's fans that tried to stir up trouble over a certain event and trigger a Fandom Rivalry, and a handful of bronies even claim is how they came to learn of Steven Universe to begin with.
Source: Friendly Fandoms
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Trigger and Stir. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stir/trigger
Stir & Trigger. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stir/trigger>.
Trigger or Stir. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stir/trigger.
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