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"text": "Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you.",
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"ref": "1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Englande”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC, page 26, columns 1–2:",
"text": "In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the reſidue of thoſe auncient fatherly men as they ſat in theyr Chayres were ſlaine and cruelly murthered.",
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{
"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 6:4:",
"text": "Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.",
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"To cause someone to become annoyed or angry."
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"(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry."
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"roman": "istafazza",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "اِسْتَفَزَّ"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocar"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "挑釁"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiǎoxìn",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "挑衅"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "扇動"
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"roman": "shāndòng",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "扇动"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "激怒"
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"roman": "jīqǐ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "激起"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "刺激"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provoki"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "suututtaa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provoquer"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗrovocirebas",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "პროვოცირებას"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provozieren"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufreizen"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufwühlen"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufhetzen"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufpeitschen"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "aufstacheln"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exorgízo",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "εξοργίζω"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exápto",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "εξάπτω"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
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"roman": "erethízō",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "ἐρεθίζω"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provokál"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "ergja"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "skaprauna"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocare"
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"alt": "いからせる",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "ikaraseru",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "怒らせる"
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"alt": "りっぷくさせる",
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"roman": "rippaku-saseru",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "立腹させる"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "憤慨させる"
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"roman": "bɑɑbɑngkɑɑ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "បង្ក"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "lacessō"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "prōvocō"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "raparapa"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "makitohene"
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"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "māreherehe"
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "whakatenetene"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "whakapātaritari"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "mukākā"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "kōtara"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "forthcallen"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provosere"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afžulidan",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "افژولیدن"
},
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prowokować"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
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"word": "sprowokować"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "podjudzać"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "drażnić"
},
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "irritar"
},
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provocírovatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "провоци́ровать"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sprovocírovatʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спровоци́ровать"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "serdítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "серди́ть"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasserdítʹ",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "рассерди́ть"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocar"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocera"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "mang-udyok"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "tvl",
"lang": "Tuvaluan",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "fakaoso"
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"roman": "provokuváty",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "провокува́ти"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "sprovokuváty",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "спровокува́ти"
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"_dis1": "90 8 2",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muštaēl",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "مشتعل"
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"ref": "1881, John Burroughs, Pepacton:",
"text": "To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.",
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"ref": "1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Thence Sish went forth into the world to destroy its cities, and to provoke his hours to assail all things, and to batter against them with the rust and with the dust.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting.",
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"To bring about a reaction."
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"(transitive) To bring about a reaction."
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"sense": "bring about a reaction",
"word": "discompose"
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"roman": "predizvikvam",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "предизвиквам"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provosoida"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "hervorrufen"
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"_dis1": "8 89 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "hervorbringen"
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"_dis1": "8 89 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "zeitigen"
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"_dis1": "8 89 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "anerzeugen"
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"_dis1": "8 89 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "anerschaffen"
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"_dis1": "8 89 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "generare"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provocēt"
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"_dis1": "8 89 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakakārangirangi"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "pātaritari"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "taunanawe"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakapātaritari"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakatari"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "whakataritari"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "makitohene"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "mukākā"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provocar"
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"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
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"word": "провокува́ти"
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"roman": "sprovokuváty",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
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"word": "спровокува́ти"
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"roman": "muštaēl kerna",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "مشتعل کرنا"
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"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "provocera"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "mang-udyok"
},
{
"code": "tvl",
"lang": "Tuvaluan",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "fakaoso"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "provokuváty",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "провокува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprovokuváty",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спровокува́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muštaēl",
"sense": "to cause to become angry",
"word": "مشتعل"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predizvikvam",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "предизвиквам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provosoida"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "hervorrufen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "hervorbringen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "zeitigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "anerzeugen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "anerschaffen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "generare"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provocēt"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakakārangirangi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "pātaritari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "taunanawe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakapātaritari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakatari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "whakataritari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "makitohene"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "mukākā"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "provokuváty",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "провокува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprovokuváty",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спровокува́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muštaēl kerna",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "مشتعل کرنا"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "muštaēl",
"sense": "to bring about a reaction",
"word": "مشتعل"
}
],
"word": "provoke"
}
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