2 uses
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Definition
to stir up or shake — emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)
- Last night a band of citizens, infuriated at the agitation going on in a local squatters' camp, burned the tents to the ground and warned agitators to get out of the county.Chapter 22 (25% in)
- "He's talkin' red, agitating trouble.Chapter 20 (57% in)
There are no more uses of "agitate" in The Grapes of Wrath.
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