foment
/foh-MENT/verbto instigate or stir up trouble
“Bots fomented outrage across both feeds.”
- Synonyms
- incite, instigate, provoke
- Antonyms
- quell, suppress
- Memory hook
- foment: warm the pot until it boils over.
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