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provoke
verb as in make angry
verb as in start, evoke; stimulate
Strongest matches
arouse, bring about, cause, elicit, galvanize, generate, incite, induce, inflame, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, motivate, precipitate, prompt, stir
Strong matches
animate, awaken, begin, bestir, challenge, electrify, enthuse, excite, fire, innervate, make, move, occasion, pique, prime, produce, promote, quicken, rally, rouse, thrill, titillate, titivate, waken, whet
Weak matches
bring down, bring on, bring to one's feet, build up, call forth, draw forth, fire up, give rise to, innerve, roust, suscitate
Example Sentences
Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service this week accused European countries of plotting the "blatant falsification" of the result on Sunday in order to provoke protests.
It claims that European countries themselves are plotting the "blatant falsification" of the result on Sunday in order to provoke protests.
I know the strength of feeling that this conflict provokes.
He replaced the members of the vaccine advisory panel in June, and fired its chief Susan Monarez in late August, provoking a group of senior staff to resign in protest.
His first minister's questions exchanges with Nicola Sturgeon were calculated to provoke her to snap back at him.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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