Object

• hostility: America had always said it would never instigate hostilities, it would only respond to an act of nuclear aggression.

• proceeding: You certainly could instigate divorce proceedings based upon his behavior.

• uprising: Attempts to instigate uprisings against the Taliban fell on fallow ground.

• rebellion: His object was to instigate a little rebellion on the part of the bishop.

• investigation: The Controller may instigate an investigation without having received a complaint.

Modifying Another Word

• immediately: The customer requiring support simply clicks on a link and this immediately instigates a chat session with an operator via our central secure gateway.

• actually: The ' first ' IP claimant must then within 20 days register a complaint to actually instigate STOP.

• even: Issue edicts to rig gambling halls, force captives to walk the plank or even instigate a war between dominant world powers.

• recently: On a more serious side, the recently instigated series of CPR seminars have proved very popular.

• therefore: Dr. Watson therefore instigated discussions between the two institutes at the end of May 1987.

• also: The act also instigated the setting up of a General Board of Health to oversee these reforms.

Used with why or when

• when: A disciplinary investigation may be instigated only when a formal complaint has been made in writing to an Officer of the Association.

Present participle complement

• follow: The project was instigated following the merger of four trusts all using different IT systems.

Preposition: in

• response: Dairy stakeholder for the Forward Planning Campaign instigated in response to the Curry Report.

Preposition: by

• government: The pensions world is set to change, following a series of reviews instigated by the Government.

• group: Often, the letters appeared to be instigated by a pressure group 's newsletter or website.

• party: Therefore, any review request would have had to have been instigated by a third party.

• owner: A major long-term restoration program of the house and grounds was instigated by new owners in 2001.