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provoke
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
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- She had provoked him to rape her.†
Part 1 *provoked = caused (a reaction)
- He had been totally under her control then, and he did not doubt that she would make good her threat to kill him if he provoked her.†
Part 1
- She loved to provoke and flirt.†
Part 2provoke = cause (a reaction)
- Bublanski had had doubts about Andersson at first, but after six months he had encountered nothing to provoke his criticism or wrath.†
Part 3
- But it strikes me that Johansson's thesis having been on trafficking and prostitution, there's a possibility that in her work she made contact with Salander and this Wu and in some way provoked them, and that this might somehow constitute a motive for murder.†
Part 3provoked = caused (a reaction)
- To kill someone, she would have to be exceedingly threatened or provoked.†
Part 3
- But I just can't imagine her being threatened or provoked—at all—by Dag and Mia.†
Part 3
- You were extremely provoked.†
Part 3
- His reference to the district court's decision not to institutionalize her provoked the indignation of the interviewer, although apparently he had no idea what questions to ask.†
Part 4
- He could also easily imagine her flying into a rage and killing Svensson and Johansson, either because they had refused to cooperate or because they had provoked her.†
Part 4
- You can't provoke me.†
Part 4provoke = cause (a reaction)
- On the contrary, he got really angry when she tried to provoke him by marching naked from his spare room to the bathroom.†
Part 4
- If she's provoked or threatened, she can strike back with appalling violence.†
Part 4provoked = caused (a reaction)
- "Then maybe you should screw me," Salander said to provoke him.†
Part 4provoke = cause (a reaction)
Definitions:
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(1)
(provoke) to cause a reaction — often an emotional reaction like anger, and sometimes done on purpose
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)