Provoked

//pɹəˈvoʊkt// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of provoke form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    incited, especially deliberately, to anger wordnet

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"My words provoked her to anger."

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