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Meanings of provocation in anglès

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irritação
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irritación

Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment.

        agreujament
        portuguès
        provocação
        català
        incitació
        espanyol
        acicate

        Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action.

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              Usage of provocation in anglès
              1
              Even a very tiny provocation could result in regional deterioration, Nisman said.
              The Guardian
              2
              Female provocation does not usually lead to a pileup of corpses, however.
              Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
              3
              Saakashvili, however, insists he was forced to act after intolerable Russian provocation.
              The Guardian
              4
              The increase in plasma histamine levels for exercise provocation test also improved.
              Pubmed
              5
              Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said all sides should avoid provocation.
              News.com.au
              6
              The provocation and the relationship were two relevant circumstances in that case.
              Moral Philosophy: Ethics, Deontology and Natural Law
              7
              Some interviewers will listen to see if you answer it without provocation.
              Ebony
              8
              Within days, the international angst transfers from the provocation to the retaliation.
              A journey: my political life
              9
              And the provocation in this instance was, of course, of the slightest.
              The Snare
              10
              An instance of his forbearance under provocation is afforded in the following:-
              Robert Moffat / The Missionary Hero of Kuruman
              11
              So we would have been provoked to war; and resisted the provocation.
              A journey: my political life
              12
              The reaction was exactly proportioned to the pressure,-thevengeance to the provocation.
              Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
              13
              He wasn't certain how to respond to that claim -or provocation.
              Return of the Crimson Guard
              14
              Whatever the provocation, the behaviour of the Germans was that of savages.
              A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
              15
              More blatant provocation was needed if she was to learn anything worthwhile.
              The street philosopher
              16
              Light provocation arouses its anger; and once aroused, its wrath is all-consuming.
              The Star-Chamber: An Historical Romance, Volume 1
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