Vocabulary
Instigators
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a person who brings about or initiates something
Urdu meaning
محرک کار، اکسانے والا، فتنہ انگیز، بانی فساد
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The army has vowed to bring the `instigators, perpetrators, facilitators and abettors of these heinous and cowardly acts to justice`.
- Thus, accountability for instigators is just as important as making corrupt officers answerable.
- For one, it has now distanced itself from the main instigators of the May 9 events.
- The two instigators seemed to have led the PTI leadership up the garden path.
Synonyms
initiator, prime mover, motivator, architect
Antonyms
peacemaker, reconciler, uniter
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