What part of speech is instigating?

Instigating can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. instigating is a verb, gerund of instigate (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does instigating mean?

Definitions

Verb

instigate - provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
instigate - serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"

Examples of instigating

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1. verb If al-Qaeda can kill Musharraf or instigate a military coup against him by Islamist junior officers, they can hope to catapult the MMA to power as political allies and hosts.
2. verb Tom's inability to control his temper will likely instigate one international crisis after another.
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verb
If al-Qaeda can kill Musharraf or instigate a military coup against him by Islamist junior officers, they can hope to catapult the MMA to power as political allies and hosts.
Tom's inability to control his temper will likely instigate one international crisis after another.

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