"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

provoke verbo

provoke + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 86
provoke debate • provoke controversy • provoke criticism • provoke outrage • provoke protests • provoke a reaction • ...
verbo + provoke
Kolokacji: 5
think provoking • try to provoke • avoid provoking • help provoke • risk provoking
provoke + preposición
Kolokacji: 19
provoke by • provoke among • provoke into • provoke in • provoke from • ...
provoke + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 16
deliberately provoke • easily provoked • immediately provoke • eventually provoke • intentionally provoke • ...
(2) easily, surely
Kolokacji: 2
2. surely provoke = na pewno sprowokuj surely provoke
  • It will surely provoke, and seems meant to.
  • As written, the Gephardt amendment would surely provoke a veto.
  • Fury at the interlopers' insolence-and greed at the thought of easy money-would surely provoke a hijack situation, Bolan figured.
  • But could the BBC withstand another outcry on the scale of the 6 Music debacle, which such a move would surely provoke?
  • Whether anything does is the question most likely to fuel the cafe-table arguments "Babel" will surely provoke.
  • His image, forever haunting to his guilt-plagued mother, can hardly extend to envelop a play so multilayered, though it must surely provoke questions from the audience.
  • His cool tone, Spock thought, would surely provoke McCoy into a rant.
  • The announcement of the finalists this fall will surely provoke another round of public introspection and debate.
  • But, more important, it will surely provoke a torrent of research from both supporters and opponents.
  • That would surely provoke a confrontation with the Mayor, and would be surprising from a Council that has been relatively docile so far.
(4) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2

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