0 present participle of provoke
1 to cause a reaction, especially a negative one:
Her manifest lack of interest in the project has provoked severe criticism.
The release from prison of two of the terrorists has provoked a public outcry.
We have no intention of launching a pre-emptive strike, but we will retaliate if provoked.
The prime minister's speech provoked an angry response from the shadow cabinet.
The work itself exhibits elements of the recent provoking occasion as well as of the old memory.
At the same time, he also displayed characteristic political cunning, knowing just how far he could go without provoking a destructive counter-reaction.
In terms of the social information processing variables, attributions of sorrow to provoking peers were a positive predictor of physical victimization.
