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Provokement

The act that which provokes one who excites anger or other passion or incites to

provoke

provoke pro·voked pro·vok·ing 1 : to incite to anger 2 :

Provoking

of exciting resentment tending to awaken passion or vexation as provoking words or treatment

Provokable

That may be provoked

provocation

1 : the act of provoking 2 : something that provokes, arouses, or stimulates

Provoke

To call forth to call into being or action esp to incense to action a faculty or passion as love...

fighting words

their very utterance are likely to inflict harm on or provoke a breach of the peace by the average person to

Instigate

s. 107, Expl. I) Instigation is to good, urge forward, provoke, incite or encourage to do 'an act'. To satisfy the

Criminal libel

well as a civil wrong because of its tendency to provoke a breach of the place, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol.

VerbarSalmis

game stewed with sauce wine bread and condiments suited to provoke appetite

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