3
activate(verb, present, start, encourage, provoke)
3
anger(verb, bother, disturb, encourage, delight)
3
animate(verb, develop, bother, disturb, touch)
3
beat(verb, agitate, mix, jog, bubble)
3
blend(verb, agitate, mix, roil)
3
blow the coals(expression, idiom)
3
blow up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, develop, annoy)
3
bother(verb, upset, trouble, hurt, disturb)
3
bristle(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
3
call forth(expression, excite, alert)
3
embitter(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, agitate)
3
enliven(verb, encourage, produce, provoke, stimulate)
3
exacerbate(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, agitate)
3
fan the flame(expression, idiom)
3
ferment(verb, trouble, beat, disturb, provoke)
3
gall(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, agitate)
3
get(verb, move, encourage, progress, have)
3
heat up(verb, expression, produce, provoke, stimulate)
3
key up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, trouble)
3
light the fuse(expression, idiom)
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