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provokes
verb as in make angry
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verb as in start, evoke; stimulate
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Example Sentences
Eventually, we get why Cutler provokes her this way.
Ford is as effusive about his co-star and the playfulness Williams provokes in him and his character.
The contagion and the moral disengagement it causes provokes cruelty and obedience.
They are particularly passionate about, and proud of, having a distinctive position from their arrivals in advocating withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights – whatever the arguments this provokes.
"It provokes panic attacks, tic attacks, which can go on well into the night," said Louise.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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