Ignore and Provoke

Opposite meaning words

Ignore verb - To fail to give proper attention to.

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Provoke is an antonym for ignore.

Nearby Words: ignorance, ignoring

Provoke verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.

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Ignore is an antonym for provoke in make angry topic.

Nearby Words: provocation, provoking

character	ignore character	provoke character
attack	ignore attack	provoke attack
people	ignore people	provoke people
death	ignore death	provoke death
Other words: effect, characters, attacks, enemies.

He is also a little too easy to emotionally provoke (especially when his loved ones are involved) and he can ignore potential consequences of his actions.

Source: Fatal Flaw
Rival gangs also ignore the player if he's not currently doing anything to annoy them (except on certain missions), and it's possible to provoke enemy factions into fighting each other.

Source: Simultaneous Warning And Action
When I ignore you, you try to provoke me calling it a familiar's 'reward', but when I misunderstand and drool about it, you put me down with insults.

Source: Light Novel / The Familiar of Zero

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