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# provoked

«provoked» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of provoke: made someone angry on purpose…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb past form (provoke → provoked); adjective (provoked)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Provoked is the past form of provoke: made someone angry on purpose, or caused a reaction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#m1)

2) As an adjective, a provoked attack is one caused by someone's action, not happening by itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons and nature: most animal attacks are provoked, so leave animals alone. In stories: «the provoked giant roared». In formal speech: «unprovoked» means with no reason.

### examples

- The bee stung him because he provoked it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#x1)
- The news provoked strong feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#x2)
- He was provoked into a fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#x3)
- The snake attack was provoked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#x4)
- Her comment provoked giggles in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#x5)
- The provoked bull charged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#x6)
- The attack was unprovoked, which made it worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#x7)
- The boy said he was provoked, but hitting was still wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#x8)
- ‘All right, then,’ said her husband, somewhat provoked, ‘you can sing a song to the fairies.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/#x9)

### note

Past and adjective of provoke. Opposite: unprovoked. Being provoked does not excuse hurting someone.

### In the corpora

- [Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.184/)
- [Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1383/)
- [For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1385/)
- [Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1935/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «provoked» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provoked/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.