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• v  call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• v  evoke or provoke to appear or occur
  Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple
• v  provide the needed stimulus for
• v  annoy continually or chronically
• s  incited, especially deliberately, to anger
  the provoked animal attacked the child

• Russia provoked Georgia, and you responded, and then they launched an all-out attack.
• Pat Nixon's cloth coat and Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hats provoked plenty of conversation in their day.
• Viewpoint: Whether or not it was a racial taunt that provoked Zidane's World Cup outburst, the saga itself reveals the strains of the continent grappling with multi-culturalism.

• arouse
• elicit
• enkindle
• kindle
• evoke
• fire
• raise
• provoke
• call forth
• kick up
• stimulate
• harass
• hassle
• harry
• chivy
• chivvy
• chevy
• chevvy
• beset
• plague
• molest
• aggravated

News & Articles

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• Josh Linkner: When provoked, choose your response carefully
  Choose how you respond ... We all get provoked. An angry associate, a cranky customer, a snarling spouse. In these cases, the primitive part of our brain designed to protect us in the wild kicks in and our automatic response is to recklessly fire back.
  June 13, 2013 - Detroit Free Press
• Nicaragua approves massive canal project
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A proposal to build a massive rival to the Panama Canal across the middle of Nicaragua was overwhelmingly backed by lawmakers Thursday, capping a lightning-fast approval process that has provoked deep skepticism among shipping experts and concern among environmentalists.
  June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Nicaragua approving massive canal project
  MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A multi-billion dollar Chinese plan to plow a massive rival to the Panama Canal across the middle of Nicaragua was headed for approval by the leftist-controlled National Assembly Thursday, capping a lightning-fast approval process that has provoked deep skepticism among shipping experts and concern among environmentalists.
  June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Bastian Schweinsteiger in The Associated Press
  The shootout is still in our memory, but what really weighs heavily on our minds is what happened after that match,Schweinsteiger said Wednesday. "We have to remain calm and not get provoked and I hope the referee will be very alert. You...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Voice of America
  And today we face another serious challenge, provoked by the sinking of the South Korean ship,said Clinton. "So we must work together, again, to address this challenge and advance our shared objectives for peace and stability on the Korean...
• Barack Obama in Xinhua
  Iraq was a war of choice that provoked strong differences in my country and around the world,Obama said in his speech.