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Meanings of provoke in English

Portuguese
importunar
Catalan
empaitar
Spanish
asediar

Annoy continually or chronically.

      importunar
      Portuguese
      provocar
      Catalan
      moure
      Spanish
      despertar

      Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

          provocar
          Portuguese
          causar
          Spanish
          ocasionar

          Evoke or provoke to appear or occur.

                causar
                Portuguese
                provocar
                Catalan
                provocar
                Spanish
                provocar

                Provide the needed stimulus for.

                      provocar
                      Usage of provoke in English
                      1
                      But such measures are only likely to provoke further violence, said Hanif.
                      The Guardian
                      2
                      African Union peacekeepers said the attack was intended to provoke return fire.
                      Reuters
                      3
                      Unfortunately, hooks's statements provoke, without creating space for difference or substantive debate.
                      The Guardian
                      4
                      He wondered how soon the invasion would provoke fresh forms of violence.
                      The water room
                      5
                      Economic collapse will provoke sharp differences between parties and dramatic government action.
                      The Guardian
                      6
                      Any attempt to avoid legislation could well provoke a further legal challenge.
                      BBC
                      7
                      No doubt these 'beggars' were communist agitators trying to provoke an incident.
                      Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
                      8
                      Ukraine's interim president says Russia is trying to provoke Ukraine into war.
                      The Guardian
                      9
                      Few ventured to meet him in debate, and none to provoke him.
                      The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
                      10
                      It meant that now the al-Qaeda desire was to provoke sectarian violence.
                      A journey: my political life
                      11
                      Or was he looking for a new way to provoke the Kremlin?
                      The Guardian
                      12
                      Previous research suggests that choices of decreasing value should provoke decreasing anxiety.
                      Pubmed
                      13
                      The large scale unwinding of pair trades can provoke severe market volatility.
                      Reuters
                      14
                      It could provoke more violence and catch more civilians in the crossfire.
                      Reuters
                      15
                      Thus the same letter could provoke all shades of the political spectrum.
                      The Irish Times
                      16
                      Those factors could provoke relapses in workers recovering from addiction, they said.
                      Reuters
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                      Translations for provoke
                      Provoke through the time
                      Provoke across language varieties
                      Ireland
                      Common
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Common