galvanize

The Stonewall uprising helped galvanize the gay rights movement.

But the warrant request has the potential to be a galvanizing force for the opposition in Myanmar, which has long sought justice against a military that has answered to no one.

Among the most disturbing scenes in the film is one in which Matthews galvanizes a rally of white nationalists with a speech that ends with the room chanting, “Defeat never, victory forever.”

He watched as the whole of Hawaii seemed to galvanize around them and boys emulated them, promising their friends they would be the next Marcus or Tua someday.

"A lot of people feel just totally helpless, like, what have we been doing? Why? Why can not even this galvanize change?"