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What does provokes mean?

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  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of provoke
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The very delicacy of their situation is what provokes the attention-seeking behaviour.
Sadly, the result could be a kitchen so demandingly hi-tech it provokes even domestic goddesses to kick holes in stained glass windows.
What provokes this post is that someone from the church is on the phone right now, mocking me for not being able to shoot or hunt.
The term brings to mind, rather, the importance of kinship relations in primitive societies, and provokes an invidious comparison to England.
Jaspers's emphasis on the importance of form over the content of psychopathology provokes the authors' ire.
Genetic manipulation of food products provokes strong emotions whenever it is discussed.

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