transitive verb
Definition 1
Shape by heating in fire and hammering; fabricate. Also used figuratively.
Source: Invertext, from Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: The row threatens to stir fresh tensions between Turkey and its western allies after a month in which Turkish leaders have forged new trade links with Iran and Syria and provoked a crisis in relations with Israel by ejecting it from joint military exercises.
Source: Financial Times 06/11/2009