Usually means: Stimulates, incites, or induces reaction.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. provokes: Merriam-Webster
  2. provokes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. provokes: Vocabulary.com
  4. Provokes, provokes: Wordnik
  5. provokes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. provokes: Wiktionary
  7. provokes: Dictionary.com
  8. provokes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. provokes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. provokes: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. provokes: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. provokes: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. provokes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (provoke)

verb:  (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
verb:  (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
verb:  (obsolete) To appeal.
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