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agitate - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
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rouse,
charge,
commove,
excite |
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calm,
calm down,
lull,
quiet,
quieten,
still,
tranquilize,
tranquillise,
tranquillize become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
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disturb,
trouble,
upset damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
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hype up,
psych up get excited or stimulated; "The children were all psyched up after the movie"
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bother make confused or perplexed or puzzled
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pother make upset or troubled
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electrify equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"
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agitate - change the arrangement or position of |
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vex,
disturb,
commove |
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displace,
move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
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beat,
scramble come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
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toss agitate; "toss the salad"
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rile,
roil make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
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poke make a hole by poking
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agitate - try to stir up public opinion |
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foment |
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provoke,
stimulate provide the needed stimulus for
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rumpus cause a disturbance
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