Breed and Provoke

Breed

Breed verb - To bring forth offspring.

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Provoke and breed are semantically related In some cases you can use "Provoke" instead a verb "Breed".

Nearby Words: breeding, breeder

Provoke

Provoke verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.

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Breed and provoke are semantically related in produce topic. Sometimes you can use "Breed" instead a verb "Provoke", if it concerns topics such as arouse.

Nearby Words: provocation, provoking

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Common collocations

violence	breed violence	provoke violence
people	breed people	provoke people
kind	breed kind	provoke kind
conflict	breed conflict	provoke conflict
Other words: races, soldiers, monsters.

Both words in one sentence

In an episode of Star Trek, Kirk, in a successful attempt to provoke Spock to anger calls him a "mutinous, disloyal, computerized half-breed".

Source: Half Human Hybrid / Live-Action TV

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