Vocabulary
Provoke
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone.
Urdu meaning
ظاہر کرنا، للکارانا، اکسانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- While this does not entail any sort of actual break between the Gulf states and India, it should provoke a rethink.
- This year`s floods ought to provoke similar realism.
- The terror attack committed in Pahalgam by a shadowy, previously unheard of `resistance` group had all the markings of an atrocity meant to inflame sectarian passions and provoke conflict.
- Then, on Nov 5, speaking in Washington, she asserted disingenuously that `India has no desire to provoke war against Pakistan and has no territorial designs either on Pakistan` or on what she called `East Bengal`.
- Such a move, however, risks escalating tensions and may provoke a fierce Iranian response.
Synonyms
arouse, produce, evoke, cause, give rise to, occasion, call forth, draw forth.
Curator example
“the decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations”
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