Move
Provoke
Provoke verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.
Usage example: bees generally will not sting unless they are provoked
Move is a synonym for provoke in cause topic. Sometimes you can use "Move" instead a verb "Provoke", if it concerns topics such as start, rouse, goad.
Nearby Words: provocation, provoking
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The "Provoke" move in Final Fantasy X that anyone can learn forces the enemy to attack only the caster.
Source: I Shall Taunt You -
And, while no one can dispute that putting down a being of pure evil like Zoicite is a good move, it causes the Dark Kingdom to up their timetable considerably, and serves to provoke his lover, Kunzite.
Source: Fanfic / Sleeping with the Girls -
Then Double Subverted when Tiger Mask finds himself unable to fight back against his opponent's superior skill until Sicodelico purposefully uses an illegal move to provoke him into using fouls he wanted to study, at which point Sicodelico is quickly annihilated due Tiger Mask's experience in fouls.
Source: Wrecked Weapon
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