provoked

Seizing church property and applying other religious changes later provoked defiance, and Louis’s flight to Varennes with his family in 1791 polarized France.

The strikes have provoked outcry throughout Latin America.

"The mention of the word Ireland immediately provoked a negative reaction," he said, adding that his hosts "can't do business with Ireland".

The database provoked a furor within the LAPD, which led to the city unsuccessfully suing in an attempt to claw back the photos.

In other words, he personified the scale of the issue and the depth and breadth of the anger provoked by it – and yet he was let out of prison by accident.