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What does antagonize mean?

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  1. (transitive) To work against; oppose; especially to incite reaction.
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My friends are down from Cambridge and I don't want you to antagonize them.
They also ensure that their questions are phrased in such a way so as not to antagonize an opponent or impugn his honesty.
They may even alienate or antagonize some respondents so that they refuse to complete the interview.
I fully admit I have gone out of my way on more than one occasion to needle and to antagonize him.
If microfilaments antagonize microtubules, this uneven distribution of microfilaments should affect microtubule morphology.
The biggest drawback to this plan is that it will antagonize opponents of outsourcing.

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