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Synonyms for spur:


noun incitement, stimulus

activation
actuation
catalyst
excitant
goad
goose
impetus
impulse
incentive
incitation
inducement
motivation
motive
needle
prick
stimulant
trigger
turnon
urge

verb incite, prompt

arouse
drive
propel
push
spark
stimulate
stir
trigger
animate
awaken
countenance
exhort
favor
goad
goose
impel
instigate
press
prick
prod
rally
rouse
sic
urge

Examples of uses:

He's ready to spur us on in front of him at bayonet-point.
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It should appear to be stupid and spur-of-the-moment.
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Those strugglings are just a trick to spur the men.
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They're probably wracked with grief, and it'll spur them on to...
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According to this, Grant's railroad spur branches off three miles up.
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How all occasions do inform against me and spur my dull revenge.
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Darling, I've been thinking. Why couldn't there be a spur track right on Spanish Bit?
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Turned out he was petrified of a big ceremony so we did a sort of spur-of-the-moment thing.
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No, Louis, so long as I live, nothing shall be done to those who spur the progress of devotion.
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You know, without the spur of your presence I would never have roused myself to invite them.
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