Provoking
Provoking adjective - Serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction.
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Threatening and provoking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Provoking".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Provoking and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Provoking" instead an adjective "Threatening".
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And yet, he keeps on provoking him and even threatening his family.
Source: Series / Smallville -
The villains of the week, even having received a sample of the A-Team's handiwork (not to mention the ones who know who they are from the start), never call it a day while the damage is minimal; they insist on provoking them further by threatening them or their clients.
Source: Series / The A-Team
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