Meanings of provocative act in English

Their most provocative act, burning the money, was actually their most banal.

On Thursday the ministry spokesman said the measure was an "unfriendly, provocative act".

US President Barack Obama called the incident an "outrageous, provocative act" by Pyongyang.

The FSB recently arrested a prominent criminal investigator on corruption charges -a highly provocative act.

This would seem to have been the only provocative act of which the gang was guilty.

It is a deeply disrespectful and highly provocative act of agitprop, but a debate has been sparked.

The US has stated any missiles lobbed toward Guam would be seen as a deeply provocative act.

The Duke of Cambridge's posting to the Falkland Islands has been branded a " provocative act" in Argentina.

Last night Washington termed China's fourth firing of a missile into the area off Taiwan a " provocative act".

An additional complication was that the Kremlin was likely to interpret the penetration of Soviet airspace as a highly provocative act.

Whatever the reasons that prompted the Russians to install the missile bases in Cuba, it was a rash and provocative act.

The National Union of Journalists called it a " provocative act" and is urging its members to vote for industrial action.

The Americans say it would be a " provocative act" and accuse the regime of mounting a missile test in disguise.

Building the mosque was "a deliberately provocative act that will precipitate more bloodshed in the name of Allah," she said.

Before the meeting Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned as a " provocative act" in breach of resolutions banning it from developing ballistic missiles.

The Prime Minister labelled the test a "dangerous and provocative act that destabilises the region" in his first official response this afternoon.