provoke a controversy

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• controversy — con|tro|ver|sy [ˈkɔntrəvə:si, kənˈtrɔvəsi US ˈka:ntrəvə:rsi] n plural controversies [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: controversia, from controversus disagreed about , from contro against + versus turned ] a serious argument about… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• provoke — 1 Provoke, excite, stimulate, pique, quicken, galvanize can all mean to rouse one into doing or feeling something or to call something into existence by so rousing a person. Provoke stresses a power in the agent or agency sufficient to produce… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• controversy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, major ▪ bitter, fierce (esp. BrE), heated, intense, raging ▪ g …   Collocations dictionary

• provoke — verb ADVERB ▪ deliberately ▪ inevitably (esp. BrE) ▪ The suggestion inevitably provoked outrage from student leaders. ▪ immediately ▪ eventually …   Collocations dictionary

• spark bitter controversy — provoke a major dispute …   English contemporary dictionary

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