provoke

provoke
transitive verb
1) (annoy, incite) provozieren [Person]; reizen [Person, Tier]; (sexually) aufreizen

be easily provoked — leicht reizbar sein; sich leicht provozieren lassen

provoke somebody to anger/fury — jemanden in Wut (Akk.) /zur Raserei bringen

provoke somebody into doing something — jemanden so sehr provozieren od. reizen, dass er etwas tut

he was finally provoked into taking action — er ließ sich schließlich dazu hinreißen od. provozieren, etwas zu unternehmen

2) (give rise to) hervorrufen; erregen [Ärger, Neugier, Zorn]; auslösen [Kontroverse, Krise]; herausfordern [Widerstand]; verursachen [Zwischenfall]; Anlass geben zu [Klagen, Kritik]
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[prə'vəuk]
verb
1) (to make angry or irritated: Are you trying to provoke me?) verärgern
2) (to cause: His words provoked laughter.) hervorrufen
3) (to cause (a person etc) to react in an angry way: He was provoked into hitting her.) provozieren
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- provocative
- provocatively
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pro·voke
[prəˈvəʊk, AM -ˈvoʊk]
vt
1. (vex)
▪ to \provoke sb [into doing sth] jdn [zu etw dat] provozieren
to \provoke sb to fury jdn in Rage bringen
2. (give rise to)
▪ to \provoke sth worries, surprise, outrage etw hervorrufen [o geh provozieren]
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[prə'vəʊk]
vt
sb provozieren, reizen, herausfordern; animal reizen; reaction, anger, criticism, dismay, smile hervorrufen; lust, pity erwecken, erregen; reply, dispute provozieren; discussion, revolt, showdown herbeiführen, auslösen

to provoke a quarrel or an argument (person) — Streit suchen; (action) zu einem Streit führen

to provoke sb into doing sth or to do sth — jdn dazu bringen, dass er etw tut

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provoke [prəˈvəʊk] v/t
1. jemanden provozieren, reizen, erzürnen, (ver)ärgern, aufbringen:
be provoked aufgebracht sein
2. etwas provozieren, hervorrufen, heraufbeschwören, ein Gefühl auch erregen:
provoke thought zum Denken anregen, Denkanstöße geben
3. jemanden (zum Handeln) provozieren, bewegen, reizen, herausfordern:
provoke sb to do sth jemanden dazu bewegen, etwas zu tun;
provoke sb into doing sth jemanden so provozieren, dass er etwas tut;
provoke sb into sth jemanden zu etwas provozieren
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transitive verb
1) (annoy, incite) provozieren [Person]; reizen [Person, Tier]; (sexually) aufreizen

be easily provoked — leicht reizbar sein; sich leicht provozieren lassen

provoke somebody to anger/fury — jemanden in Wut (Akk.) /zur Raserei bringen

provoke somebody into doing something — jemanden so sehr provozieren od. reizen, dass er etwas tut

he was finally provoked into taking action — er ließ sich schließlich dazu hinreißen od. provozieren, etwas zu unternehmen

2) (give rise to) hervorrufen; erregen [Ärger, Neugier, Zorn]; auslösen [Kontroverse, Krise]; herausfordern [Widerstand]; verursachen [Zwischenfall]; Anlass geben zu [Klagen, Kritik]
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v.
herausfordern v.
provozieren v.

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