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Princeton's WordNet
aggravated, provoked(adj)
incited, especially deliberately, to anger
"aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child"
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Provoked
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Provoked
Provoked is a 2006 British film, directed by Jag Mundhra. It stars Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Nandita Das and Steve McFadden. The film is loosely based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia who killed her abusive husband. Cinematography for the film was handled by Madhu Ambat. The film's score and soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman, and the theme song for the film, Alive, was composed by Rahman and sung by Karen David, who has a small cameo in the film. Shot in London, the film was released theatrically in April 2007.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of provoked in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of provoked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of provoked in a Sentence
Then I thought of a bee... The busy worker, who doesn't bother you unless you bother him. But provoked, the bee stings. It seemed like an ideal symbol.
The Azeri side has again provoked tension at the border, information ... that Azeri side has allegedly violated a ceasefire agreement and there have been losses among Azeri servicemen is disinformation.
We believe that since October 2013 there have been more than 20 terrorist plots either directed or provoked by extremist groups.
A hundred people died in that, it was a suicide; however, it was provoked by the FBI intervention.
I was not intentionally making faces at the protestor. I did smile at one point because I wanted him to know that I was not going to become angry, intimidated or be provoked into a larger confrontation.
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