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111riot — n. 1) to cause, foment, incite, instigate, spark (AE), spark off (BE), stir up, touch off a riot 2) to crush, put down, quell a riot 3) a communal; food; race riot 4) a riot breaks out, erupts 5) (misc.) to run riot ( to act wildly ) * * * [… …
112sedition — n. 1) to foment, incite, stir up sedition 2) an act of sedition * * * [sɪ dɪʃ(ə)n] incite stir up sedition an act of sedition to foment …
113unrest — n. 1) to foment, stir up unrest 2) civil; labor; political; social unrest * * * [ʌn rest] labor political social unrest stir up unrest . civil to foment …
114uprising — n. 1) to foment, incite an uprising 2) to crush, put down, quell, an uprising 3) an armed; peasant uprising 4) an uprising against * * * [ ʌpˌraɪzɪŋ] an uprising incite an uprising peasant uprising put down quell an armed …
115instigate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incite, provoke; initiate, stimulate, urge, promote. See cause. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prompt, stimulate, induce, incite; see incite , urge 2 . See Synonym Study at incite . III (Roget s 3… …
116provoke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. annoy, irritate, exasperate, nettle; excite, arouse; anger, incite, evoke, elicit; goad, vex. See cause, excitement, resentment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To vex] Syn. irritate, put out, aggravate;… …
117excite — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stir one mentally] Syn. stimulate, inflame, arouse, anger, delight, exhilarate, move, pique, infuriate, madden, stir, stir up, fire, fire up, fire the blood, stir the blood, give one a turn, convulse, electrify, galvanize …
118Relief — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Relief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 relief relief Sgm: N 1 deliverance deliverance Sgm: N 1 refreshment refreshment &c. 689 Sgm: N 1 easement easement softening alleviation mitigation p …
119favour — [14] Latin favēre meant ‘regard favourably, side with protect’. It came ultimately from Indo European *dhegh , *dhogh ‘burn’, which also produced Latin fovēre ‘heat, cherish’ (source of English foment [15]) and English day. From it was derived… …
120fomentation — (n.) c.1400, from L.L. fomentationem, noun of action from pp. stem of fomentare, from L. fomentum (see FOMENT (Cf. foment)) …
