Similar words: provoke, provocative, provocation, evoke, invoke, revoke, hooked, choked. Meaning: [prə'vəʊk] adj. incited, especially deliberately, to anger.
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(61) The images provoked strong surges of nostalgia for the days of yore.
(62) Her comments provoked an outburst of anger from the boss.
(63) He was clearly trying to get at me but I refused to be provoked.
(64) Emma, though still at school, was provoked to help too.
(65) The dog would not have attacked if it hadn't been provoked.
(66) The decision provoked outrage from women and human rights groups.
(67) Young people might be provoked into imitative crime by the exploits they see on TV.
(68) The governor said he would not be provoked into intemperate action.
(69) The lawyer claimed his client was provoked into acts of violence by the defendant.
(70) He claimed that it was her rudeness that provoked him to strike her.
(71) Nevertheless, the article provoked an avalanche of reaction.
(72) Her constant nagging provoked him.
(73) The leaks provoked angry protests from citizens and environmentalists.
(74) This had provoked Democratic infighting in the Senate.
(75) Dahl's letter to "The Times" provoked controversy.
(76) The clause on state language provoked heated discussion.
(77) Falls in the price of oil had provoked the government four years previously to impose an austerity programme.
(78) That action provoked heavy criticism and deep divisions within the cancer community.
(79) Such non-ending cheeriness provoked the nonconformists into dwelling upon those aspects of the human condition which Socialist Realism refused to acknowledge.
(80) However, Netanyahu seriously underestimated the level of disillusionment his policies, and broken promises, had provoked.
(81) Differences here clearly warrant further investigation, and when revealed to the participating teams provoked considerable discussion.
(82) The new government provoked widespread rebellion by instituting a series of far-reaching reforms in a brutal and disorganised manner.
(83) The idea of an underground garage in the park has provoked a lot of anger.
(84) Perhaps the sight of his footlocker had provoked her-a white man moving in to bombard the local ovaries with blue-eyed imperial genes.
(85) The existence of competing bodies claiming to exercise jurisdiction in the town inevitably provoked violent confrontation.
(86) The announcement of the plan provoked demonstrations from the college's students.
(87) That bright idea, understandably(Sentencedict), provoked howls of protest and is so obviously wrong that Rep.
(88) The government's proposals for legislation on immigration from Hong Kong, for instance, provoked widespread backbench opposition.
(89) Unfortunately the tomb retained an excessive amount of humidity and this provoked the decomposition of most of the body.
(90) Cagney's impact and the thoughts and feelings that he provoked came directly from his own performance before the camera.
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