Significado de provoke em inglês

provoke

verb [ T ]

/prəˈvəʊk/ us

/prəˈvoʊk/

provoke verb [T] (CAUSE REACTION)

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to cause a reaction, especially a negative one:

The prospect of increased prices has already provoked an outcry.

Test results provoked worries that the reactor could overheat.

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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.
These murders have provoked outrage across the country.
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.

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provoke verb [T] (MAKE ANGRY)

to make or try to make a person or an animal angry:

It was a vicious-looking dog and I didn't want to provoke it.

He was clearly trying to get at me but I refused to be provoked.

I was provoked into the argument.

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(Definição de provoke do Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

provoke | Dicionário Americano

provoke

verb [ T ]

/prəˈvoʊk/

provoke verb [T] (ANGER)

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to try to make a person or an animal angry or annoyed:

He was trying to provoke me into a fight.

provoke verb [T] (CAUSE REACTION)

to cause a particular reaction or feeling:

I’m trying to make people think, provoke their emotions.

His death provoked huge demonstrations.

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On the other hand, such policies have provoked grassroot activism and stimulated senior organisations in quite a few countries.

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The real-time heat of live performing is an especially handy crucible for raising awareness and provoking people to action.

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Structures are important ways of articulating ideas, or of provoking ideas.

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Thenceforth it could be invoked without being argued for, at least until the major reassessment of strategy provoked by the failure of the 1848 revolutions.

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There is some suggestion that these forces are provoking a move away from the gender regime associated with conservative-capitalist welfare states.

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The composer is ultimately bound to and provoked by the sound sources they employ, a concern that is sadly not explored by the author.

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With much transport also diverted, this provoked widespread disruption in other economic activities.

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At the same time, he also displayed characteristic political cunning, knowing just how far he could go without provoking a destructive counter-reaction.

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With nearly half of all constituencies contested, the election dramatically confirmed the extent to which divergent religious sensibilities provoked opposing political affiliations.

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On primary exposure they observed an inflammatory reaction provoked by developing larvae, their excretory/secretory products and sheaths left behind after moulting.

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Indeed, wage competition and glaring disparities in working conditions not only quickened labour mobility but also provoked industrial action.

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The relationship between begging, homelessness and drug use has provoked particular controversy in recent years.

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In some villages, one candidacy was so weak that its supporters refrained from provoking any fight.

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We do not know what provoked this new warning.

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The fifth advertisement in the series provoked another row.

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Tradução de provoke

em chinês (tradicional)

引起反應, 激起，引起（尤指負面反應）, 激怒…

Significado de provoke em inglês

provoke verb [T] (CAUSE REACTION)

provoke verb [T] (MAKE ANGRY)

provoke | Dicionário Americano

provoke verb [T] (ANGER)

provoke verb [T] (CAUSE REACTION)

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