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Common collocations with provoke in American Collocation

provoke verbtransitive

US/prəˈvoʊk/

deliberately

deliberately

They claim that the police deliberately provoked disorder to discredit the protestors and their cause.

easily

easily

Such rumours could easily provoke financial chaos in the markets.

finally

eventually
finally

History says that the murder of Calvo-Sotelo, a right-wing leader, was what finally provoked the conflict.

immediately

immediately

The announcement immediately provoked an angry response from some of the leading names in French film-making.

in a way that is impossible to avoid

inevitably

Hume’s omission from the team inevitably provoked debate among supporters.