provoke
verb (used with object)
to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
provoker
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a word derived from
provoke.
Example Sentences
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Pundit and eager discourse provoker Matt Yglesias has made a mission of reporting bogus paper tags in D.C., which is plagued by bad drivers from neighboring Maryland and Virginia.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2023
For his part, Mr Wilcox, the simian provoker and professor, thinks the movement is related to the decline of the traditional family unit.
From Economist ● Jun. 16, 2016
Robin – as in Hood – is a college dropout and provoker of accidents.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2013
It was not, Federal Judge Robert Merhige insisted, a penalty so much as an expensive thought provoker.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pungent essential oil which it yields consists of a hydrocarbon, "carvene," together with an oxygenated oil; It is a "gallant expeller of the wind, and provoker of the terms."
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
