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ferment(noun, change, agent, chemistry)
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accelerant(noun, desire, urge, spur, lure)
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force(noun, power, push, means, agent)
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incitation(noun, activity, charge, feeling, drive)
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incitement(noun, activity, charge, feeling, drive)
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leaven(noun, change, agent, chemistry)
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prompting(noun, power, agent, motive)
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propellant(noun, charge, cause, desire, boost)
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throttle(noun, substance, agent, chemical)
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trigger(noun, charge, cause, start, boost)
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urge(noun, feeling, drive, start, passion)
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yeast(noun, change, agent, chemistry)
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effector(noun, desire, urge, spur, lure)
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influence(noun, feeling, drive, passion, desire)
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motive(noun, charge, feeling, drive, cause)
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chemical(noun, agent, chemistry, chemical reactor)
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catalysis(noun, desire, urge, spur, lure)
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radical(noun, progress, spur, incentive, political agitator)
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urger(noun, desire, urge, spur, lure)
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accelerator pedal(noun, expression, idiom, substance, agent)
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