引起；引发；激起( provoke的过去式和过去分词 )；惹怒；

1. 激怒、挑拨：intervened 干涉、干预、插入 | provoked 激怒、挑拨 | poked 刺、戳

2. 激怒、煽动：baffled 阻挡的 | provoked 激怒、煽动 | mingled 是混合

1. incited, especially deliberately, to anger

    e.g. aggravated by passive resistance
           the provoked animal attacked the child

    Synonym: aggravated