Synonyms for provoked
pro·voked

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1. aggravated, provokedadjective

   incited, especially deliberately, to anger

   "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child"

   Synonyms:
   aggravated

   Antonyms:
   unangry(p)

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1. List of paraphrases for "provoked":

   caused, aroused, triggered, led, induced, sparked, raised

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1. Liz Cheney:

   The former President is using the same language that he knows provoked violence on January 6, as a party we need to be focused on the future.

2. Steve Moore:

   A hundred people died in that, it was a suicide; however, it was provoked by the FBI intervention.

3. Antony Blinken:

   Our concern is that Russia may make a serious mistake of attempting to rehash what it undertook back in 2014, when it amassed forces along the border, crossed into sovereign Ukrainian territory and did so claiming falsely that it was provoked, so the playbook that we've seen in the past was to claim some provocation as a rationale for doing what it, what it intended and planned to do. All which is why we're looking at this very carefully.

4. Le Drian:

   The region deserves better than further destabilization provoked by American withdrawal.

5. Eddie Brummelman:

   It's a very young field of research but what we do know is that narcissistic children... feel more entitled than others and they want to be admired by others, when they feel they don't get the admiration they want, when they are humiliated or when they are rejected, they tend to lash out aggressively, so it predicts provoked aggression.