instigator , also: instigant

We only wanted to start this program, be the instigator.

If the instigator is clear, she said, the military should quickly respond.

"Imagine what would happen to me if I was the instigator."

Others believe it to be the work of Chinese instigators.

She had been the instigator, so it was not being forced on her.

"Ray is the instigator and they work very well low."

We all know how important he has been as an instigator of voluntary service.

From the start he was the instigator of the first coup in 1946.

But he walked out on the Instigator, which was illegal.

He was considered as the instigator of the whole affair.

In fact, it looked to David like his mother was the instigator, pulling the man toward the bed.

Part of the reason may be the "instigator" rule, which has been changed.

This practice is also known to be difficult due to the Instigator rule.

I think we had the instigator in our hands last night and let him get away."

"It's all about a couple of instigators who have nothing else to do, but turn every little thing into a racial problem," he said.

By all accounts received so far, he said, the boy appeared to be the instigator.

In May 1925, he was arrested as the instigator of a murder.

In 1951, he was a leading instigator of what became the Atlas program.

Morgan could not be sure whether it was the same Instigator who had talked to him several times before.

I guarantee his game would change if the instigator was removed.

The beat is at most an instigator, a means toward a greater reward.

She is the instigator of a similar rebellion on board the ship.

The trial of the instigators ended on 23 August 1975.

The odd man in the group, who is the instigator of many conflicts.

"I do not care to know the identity of the instigator.