Meanings of provocative statement in English

The provocative statement was, the stadium is going to die.

Some will see this as a provocative statement at an event thronged with the so-called authoritarian capitalists.

That's a provocative statement.

It is a provocative statement given the hype, but: The iPad is not a "miracle device" for children with autism.

The book was packed with nuggets that fired the young Turing's imagination including the following provocative statement: Of course the body is a machine.

Keeping one's head covered was a provocative statement of dissent towards the entire system of deference and consent which apparently held together English society.

He replied: If you want to make a provocative statement like that as though you don't care about this country's future, you go right ahead.

In return, Lynch agreed to curb provocative statements from his own ministers in respect of Irish unification.

Von Trier made several provocative statements at the press conference that had Dunst squirming in her seat.

However, after recording Shnewer making provocative statements about Fort Dix, deportation proceedings against Omar were suddenly dropped.

France has grown accustomed to outrageous, provocative statements by the extreme right-wing author and commentator Eric Zemmour in recent years.

The executive admitted he likes to put "fireworks" out there, meaning provocative statements, in an effort to incite more questions, but things clearly backfired.