#provoked

• Incited — Having been incited, egged on, or urged by shouts to attack; a hunting or guard dog instigated against a prey or an intruder. Figuratively or locally, it describes a state of agitation artificially provoked in an animal or a person to generate a conflict.
• Incited — Having been urged, egged on, or sent to attack through a verbal command or specific signal (about animals); (figuratively) a person who has been instigated, manipulated, or stirred up to act with hostility and aggressiveness against a fellow human or a group.