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to rouse to strong feeling or action<his teasing finally provoked her to anger><a strong chilling breeze provoked the picnickers to move inside>Synonymsarouse, encourage, excite, fire (up), incite, instigate, move, pique, stimulate, stirRelated Wordsfan, inflame, kindle, trigger; activate, energize, galvanize, induce, inspire, motivate, quicken, vitalize; abet, ferment, foment, raise, whip (up); anger, enrage, madden, upset; jeer, taunt, tease; aggravate, annoy, bother, exasperate, gall, get, irritate, vexNear Antonymscalm, soothe, subdue, tranquilize (also tranquillize)
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to cause or encourage the development of<comments that are sure to provoke an argument>— see incite 1
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