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