📖 Определения и значения для слова provoke
📒 to cause a particular reaction or have a particular effect
- The announcement provoked a storm of protest.
- The article was intended to provoke discussion.
- Dairy products may provoke allergic reactions in some people.
📒 to say or do something that you know will annoy somebody so that they react in an angry way
- provoke somebody Be careful what you say—he's easily provoked.
- provoke somebody into (doing) something The lawyer claimed his client was provoked into acts of violence by the defendant.
- provoke somebody to do something An attack on their city will only provoke them to retaliate.