| query | If you p______ someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively.If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively. He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him. I provoked him into doing something really stupid. |
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| word | provoke |
| full-definition | verb If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively. He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him. I provoked him into doing something really stupid. If something provokes a reaction, it causes it. His election success has provoked a shocked reaction. |
| inflections | provokesprovokingprovoked |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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