Provoke and Prevent

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Provoke verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.

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Prevent is an antonym for provoke in topics: start, make angry.

Nearby Words: provocation, provoking

Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.

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Provoke is an antonym for prevent.

character	provoke character	prevent character
attack	provoke attack	prevent attack
people	provoke people	prevent people
kind	provoke kind	prevent kind
Other words: someone, sort, death, incident, characters, apocalypse, invasion, war, enemy, attacks, enemies, wars.

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