foment
verb [ T ] formal uk/fəʊˈment/ us/foʊˈment/
挑起，激起，煽动（事端）
to cause trouble to develop
The song was banned on the grounds that it might foment racial tension. 这首歌因可能挑起种族冲突被禁播了。
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