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spurs
noun as in incitement, stimulus
Example Sentences
He later sat out the Vietnam War due to deferments - four for academic reasons and one due to bone spurs.
The sprawling area east of Los Angeles sits near freeways and rail spurs that ferry goods to and from the busy ports of L.A. and Long Beach.
In 1968, at age 22, he got a medical deferment for having bone spurs in his heels.
The great irony is that Trump ducked service in Vietnam partly by claiming bone spurs in his heels.
Embassy in Caracas could eventually reopen and start working with Venezuela’s government on addressing economic chaos and the mass migration it spurs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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