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provoke English

Meaning provoke meaning

What does provoke mean?
Definitions in simple English

provoke Verb

— To cause or to bring about a reaction. Your bad behavior provoked me to drop out of the club. — To make angry or to annoy. Don't provoke your parents into taking away your privileges by behaving badly.

provoke

— verb (= evoke) evoke or provoke to appear or occur Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple — verb provide the needed stimulus for — verb (= arouse, evoke, raise) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) arouse pity raise a smile evoke sympathy — verb (= harass, harry) annoy continually or chronically He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked This man harasses his female co-workers

Synonyms provoke synonyms

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provoke English » English

incite stir up irritate stimulate excite instigate arouse annoy cause rouse tease exasperate challenge aggravate vex make angry evoke goad raise enrage anger stir infuriate foment urge offend induce egg on agitate nettle molest inflame engender encourage create upset spur rile prompt pique miff kindle irk harass defy abet wreak taunt stage result in

Topics provoke topics

What do people use provoke to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry
Social behavior Conflict

Fight

Conjugation provoke conjugation

How do you conjugate provoke?

provoke · verb

Examples provoke examples

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Simple sentences

It would provoke a saint.
Do you want to provoke a new outbreak of violence?
She was always trying to provoke me into saying something I would regret later.
It seems like you're trying to provoke a fight.
A facet of genius is the ability to provoke scandals.
He was always trying to provoke an argument.
Don't provoke me.
Does he want to provoke a new outbreak of violence?

Movie subtitles

So he decides to provoke the escape by himself.
How do you dare to provoke the Duchess like this?
The military clique howling Clemenceau down because he told them that the army was honeycombed with graft and warned them not to provoke the Prussians.
Don't do anything foolish, even if they provoke you.
See, I don't provoke.
I don't provoke.
I teach the professor I don't provoke.
Even if a man were doing something here that might provoke the authorities. going underground wouldn't help.
She could provoke even a corpse to turn around!
If he dies without a heir. there are certain forces within the nation that may provoke civil war.
How they provoke the Prague people.
Say, my lord, why do you provoke her that way?
Are you trying to provoke me, Colonel?
He has to provoke me so I get angry like before.
It will provoke colonist and military opposition.
And further. yet I don't know if a woman's conflicting feelings are of interest to you or whether they provoke your scorn, Duke?
Then don't provoke me.
You scheme, arrange things, provoke what's happening.
Don't provoke me, Susana.
The hand of this slob has to calm down. He's exploiting our work to provoke us. If he don't stop, he'll be sorry when it's too late.
He had no right to provoke you.
I'm constantly surprised that women's hats do not provoke more murders.
Try not to provoke them until I get back!
Daddy will provoke a crisis, no gangsters in the family, and I'll extract dollars from him for a quickie divorce.
Isn't that enough to provoke you?
If you let him provoke it. But don't wait.
Did you invite him to protect yourself or did you mean to provoke me?
My angel, did you invite this gentleman to protect yourself from me or did you just mean to provoke me?
I'm not your boy in any sense. - Are you trying to provoke me, Colonel?
Don't provoke me all the time.
You provoke me, Crassus.
I think you're trying to provoke some kind of incident.
Victory will provoke injustice.

News and current affairs

The aim of political terrorist groups, such as Al Qaeda, is to provoke retaliation and maximize publicity for their cause.
If the US is not careful, our own new nuclear posture could provoke the very nuclear-proliferation activities we are seeking to prevent.
Indeed, the fourth dimension of risk is that an invasion could weaken the support of key governments for action against terrorists, and provoke further outrages.
Moreover, Europe must build up tools for strategic analysis, assessment, and forecasting to provoke and nourish public debate.
Even a temporary spike in oil prices can have long-term effects because of the social reactions they provoke.
When asked why they do not clarify their claims, my Chinese interlocutors sometimes say that to do so would require difficult political and bureaucratic compromises that would provoke domestic nationalists.
NEW DELHI - In recent years, the People's Liberation Army has been taking advantage of its rising political clout to provoke localized skirmishes and standoffs with India by breaching the two countries' long and disputed Himalayan frontier.
Terrorists hope to create a climate of fear and insecurity that will provoke us to harm ourselves by undercutting the quality of our own liberal democracy.
But that time is ending, with energy prices rising and the Belarusian economy facing shocks that could provoke unrest and pose a threat to Lukashenko.
These proposals will provoke plenty of criticism - and not just from Euroskeptics.
An end to the euro would indeed provoke an immense crisis.
The Chinese soldiers allegedly assumed firing positions, leading the Indians to withdraw in order not to provoke a shooting match.
Look for China to provoke more incidents once the Olympics are over.
A few days later, Hezbollah followed suit and abducted another two Israeli soldiers on the Lebanese-Israeli border making it clear that Hamas and Hezbollah had coordinated their actions to provoke a large-scale confrontation with Israel.
Even a temporary spike in oil prices can have long-term effects because of the social reactions they provoke. High oil prices fuel public discussion about the future of oil prices.
But trade in illegal narcotics did not seriously threaten Mexico's stability or provoke conflict with the United States until the mid-1980's, when Colombian cocaine began to flood across Mexico to the US.
Why do such moderate actions, rooted in the Chinese moral tradition, provoke such dramatic repression?
Ortega is wagering that attacking Bush will resonate with the Sandinistas and provoke them to close ranks, thereby stifling internal party dissent.
WASHINGTON, DC - Leading United States congressmen are determined to provoke a showdown with the Obama administration over the federal government's debt ceiling.
Terrorists hope to create a climate of fear and insecurity that will provoke liberal democracies to harm themselves by undercutting their quality in terms of their own values.
Hard times provoke aggressive, vindictive, and intolerant attitudes, and Roma have become scapegoats in this economic crisis.

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