The phrase "incite a war" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe when someone is deliberately trying to start a conflict or a battle. For example: The president's inflammatory comments incited a war between the two countries.
Even something seemingly innocuous can incite a War of the Roses.
Disputes between Arabs and Kurds over land — Kirkuk among them — are acknowledged as incendiary enough to incite a war.
A rival group of activists rallied near the border village, carrying banners that accused the leaflet activists of trying to incite a war between the Koreas.
Bassam Al-Zarqa, the party's vice president, said the liberals who called instead for a separation of religion and politics "want to incite a war between Islam and secularism".
Future Madame or Mr President, here are my terms: Donald, prove to me that you are not eager to incite a war with our neighbors, or relive the mistakes of Hoover's isolationist policies which led up to World War II.
"Auto Focus" has incited a war among the Cranes, one that has returned the family name to the tabloids.
"He could have incited a war in South Africa, the United States would have to get involved, grudgingly, and things could have gone to hell," Rickard said.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency accused the United States of "inciting a war atmosphere" by sending hundreds of reconnaissance and fighter planes over the North.
At one point she incited a war between Herod and his Arab neighbors the Nabateans, ordering her commander in the region to prolong the contest as long as possible.
Mr. Miller's remarks incited a war of words with the United Automobile Workers union and crystallized the disparity in wages between Big Three employees and workers at nonunion suppliers and foreign automakers.
The members of many of those groups were trained at Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan, and they have carried out numerous terrorist attacks in India, all but inciting a war.
