Hyphenation of provoke

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word provoke? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pro-voke

Definitions of provoke:

1.	Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) Arouse pity Raise a smile Evoke sympathy
2.	Evoke or provoke to appear or occur Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple
3.	Provide the needed stimulus for
4.	Annoy continually or chronically He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked This man harasses his female co-workers

Synonyms of provoke:

verb	arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, make, create
verb	evoke, call forth, kick up, cause, do, make
verb	stimulate, challenge
verb	harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.