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Meanings of little provocation in English

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Usage of little provocation in English
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A little provocation and he bristles and stabs all round.
Travels through France and Italy
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Border skirmishes have been a regular feature throughout the DMZ's history, often with little provocation.
100 Places You Will Never Visit
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Many of them, and naturally the foreigners especially, were ready to desert upon little provocation.
Three Frenchmen in Bengal / The Commercial Ruin of the French Se...
4
Coryphene would need very little provocation to thrash her.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
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His bee was fiercer than all others and stung all and sundry with little provocation.
The Irish Times
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A tank-sized block can skitter off a cliff with little provocation if it's perched precariously.
Climbing Magazine
7
Do you mean Nels would shoot upon little provocation?
The Light of the Western Stars
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They set upon and kill one another for little provocation or for no provocation at all.
The Outlaw of Torn
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He was too good a pro to give way to rage that way, with so little provocation.
Talk of the town
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Anger flashed over his face with little provocation and he encouraged his tribe to fight for sport.
Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
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He reasoned long on the inutility of the war, and the little provocation which had been given for it.
The Voyage of the Beagle
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He was a good-looking man, but he looked as though, with very little provocation, he would be willing to kill.
Crossings
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Looking at Pevara's grim face, though, Seaine was sure she needed little provocation to stripe Zerah like a novice caught stealing.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
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And in the days that followed, I acted upon his injunction, though, truth to tell, there was little provocation to do otherwise.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
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When Tirant saw that he wanted to fight him with so little provocation, he raised his hand and dealt him a hard blow.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
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Upon his return to this hospital he became involved in fistic encounters, on the way to his ward, for which there was very little provocation.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
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