React To A Provocation Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "RISE" which means:

noun
• • A growth in strength or number or importance
• • The act of changing location in an upward direction
• • An upward slope or grade (as in a road)
• • A movement upward; rise above the ground
• • The amount a salary is increased
• • The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
• • A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
• • (theology) the origination of the holy spirit at pentecost
• • An increase in cost
• • Increase in price or value
verb
• • Move upward
• • Increase in value or to a higher point
• • Rise to one's feet
• • Rise up
• • Come to the surface
• • Come into existence; take on form or shape
• • Move to a better position in life or to a better job
• • Go up or advance
• • Become more extreme
• • Get up and out of bed
• • Rise in rank or status
• • Become heartened or elated
• • Exert oneself to meet a challenge
• • Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
• • Increase in volume
• • Come up, of celestial bodies
• • Return from the dead

An example sentence would be:

• • "The sun rises in the east."
• • "The tide will rise at 6 pm."

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