Someone who deliberately foments trouble

Usage examples of provoker.

We have identified her memory networks and are using the provoker spineray to discourage their use.

However, the provoker spineray follows the reroutes and stimulates them, as well.

Thought was needed, not action and, though it was still early in the day, I cracked out a bottle of 140 proof Old Thought Provoker and poured a generous amount to lubricate my synapses.

Crack out a bottle of Old Thought Provoker from your kit there and see if there is a glass in this dump.

This is a provoker for a Parent-Child transaction, which I bypass with a question such as, 'Do you need a diagnosis?