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provoke

Facts:

The term "provoke" means to cause someone to experience a negative reaction or feeling.

  • To provoke someone to anger means to do something that causes that person to be angry. This could also be translated as "to cause to become angry" or "to anger."
  • When used in a phrase such as, "do not provoke him," this could be translated as, "do not anger him" or "do not cause him to be angry" or "do not make him angry with you."

(See also: angry)

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