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instigator
[ in-sti-gey-ter ]
noun
- a person or thing that provokes or incites an action or course: Plays to be performed at the festival focus on a theme of how youth can be the instigators of positive change.
Peaceful protesters outnumbered the violent instigators, and they kept the demonstration from becoming a riot.
Plays to be performed at the festival focus on a theme of how youth can be the instigators of positive change.
Word History and Origins
Origin of instigator1
Example Sentences
Barrister James Holding, representing Sinaj, said his client had "come along for the ride" rather than being the instigator.
But while these programs and jobs were an “instigator of necessary change,” they were never meant to be the complete solution to the industry’s diversity problem, English said.
You may recall a bizarre footnote to this case: protest instigator Lauren Handy, 31, was found to have five fetuses in her refrigerator.
And for the next four years, he oversaw the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history to bring the perpetrators to justice — including their instigator and cheerleader, Trump.
But LeBron James, one of the instigators during that stretch, missed three point-blank looks at the basket with the Lakers needing to be perfect to have a real chance at a comeback.
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