verb
ADVERB
▪ deliberately
▪ inevitably ( esp. BrE )
▪
The suggestion inevitably ~d outrage from student leaders.
▪ immediately
▪ eventually , finally
VERB + PROVOKE
▪ try to
▪ be likely to
▪
The report is likely to ~ discussion of this issue.
▪ be designed to , be intended to
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪
She had been trying to ~ her sister into an argument.
▪ to
▪
Their laughter ~d him to anger.
PHRASES
▪ easily ~d
▪
He was sensitive and easily ~d.
Provoke is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ remark
Provoke is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alarm , ↑ allegation , ↑ anger , ↑ anxiety , ↑ argument , ↑ attack , ↑ backlash , ↑ brawl , ↑ clash , ↑ conflict , ↑ confrontation , ↑ controversy , ↑ crisis , ↑ criticism , ↑ debate , ↑ demonstration , ↑ disagreement , ↑ discontent , ↑ discussion , ↑ dispute , ↑ division , ↑ emotion , ↑ fight , ↑ furore , ↑ fury , ↑ hostility , ↑ incident , ↑ indignation , ↑ jealousy , ↑ laughter , ↑ outcry , ↑ outrage , ↑ quarrel , ↑ reaction , ↑ rebellion , ↑ resentment , ↑ resignation , ↑ response , ↑ retaliation , ↑ revolt , ↑ riot , ↑ storm , ↑ thought , ↑ unrest , ↑ uprising , ↑ uproar , ↑ violence , ↑ wrath