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Meanings of instigator in inglês

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provocador

Someone who deliberately foments trouble.

provocador
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instigador

A person who initiates a course of action.

instigador
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Examples for "firebrand"
Examples for "firebrand"
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The struggle icon and anti-apartheid firebrand passed away in April this year.
The South African
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On this occasion, you could argue the political firebrand has a point.
The South African
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The firebrand party are well known for their antics in the house.
The South African
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He suggested that the political firebrand had physically attacked his wife, Mantwa.
The South African
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Then the frog coughed, and out of his mouth came the firebrand.
The Book of Nature Myths
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Jewel turned for a second and addressed the provoker of their flight.
The best early stories of f. scott fitzgerald
2
Exercise Six is a sure-fire mirth-provoker; I'll start with it to-morrow morning.
Something New
3
It may too, by negligence, become a provoker of dissension and enmity.
The Young Maiden
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One of these venerable first principles is that mystery is the arch provoker.
The Grain of Dust: A Novel
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Thou art the medicine or provoker of the attributes of sovereignty and the others.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
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Oxygen is a natural disinfectant, but a powerful inciter of change.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or,...
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As an inciter of feuds there was something almost Balkan or Moroccan about Ulysses Budlong Junior.
Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents
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Speak out, thou inciter of rebellion!
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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She has forced this quarrel upon France, and yet nine-tenths of Europe look upon France as the inciter of the war.
The Young Franc Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prus...
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She is the most harmless and often the most useful of mortals, but she is the inevitable inciter of crime in others.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
Usage of instigator in inglês
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The question of Germany's role as instigator of the treaty is omitted.
The Irish Times
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But man needs an instigator for his basest instincts to come forward.
All the pretty dead girls
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Amazingly, no one said anything to Smokey about his role as instigator.
A dog's purpose
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She is declared to be the instigator of the present world war.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, ...
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And then, too, there was the instigator of the entire foul plot.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars
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Supreme injustice; for the true culprit is, in such cases, the instigator!
The Life of Jesus
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Major O'Bierne, of New-York, was the instigator of Atzerott's discovery and arrest.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
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The instigator of the opposition in Utica was ex-Governor Horatio Seymour.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) / Includin...
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One wonders in what category the instigator of the present war should appear.
A Surgeon in Belgium
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It was named by the FBI as a potential instigator of domestic terrorism.
Reuters
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Even Pablo Aimar, their genius and instigator, was really pestering people.
The Guardian
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You wish to bring the instigator of this plot against you to justice.
The Young Bridge-Tender; or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle
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In the morning, he'd been the instigator as they were dressing for breakfast.
Amagansett
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Margaret, although the younger, is the instigator of the evening's exploit.
The Guardian
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Cobb, who was the instigator-soit seemed to me-ofthe rest, sung out-
My First Voyage to Southern Seas
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But, with Thomas Clarke, Mac Diarmada was a prime instigator of the Rising.
The Irish Times
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