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Meanings of unprovoked attack in English

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Usage of unprovoked attack in English
1
I had not visited Belinian since their unprovoked attack, for two reasons.
Ismailia
2
The unprovoked attack left both players cut and bruised but not badly injured.
The Irish Times
3
You shouldn't be walking to work and have an unprovoked attack like that.
Radio NZ
4
The veteran sportsman was struck by a British man in the unprovoked attack.
News.com.au
5
Following upon Mr. Higginbotham's unprovoked attack, Mr. Hermann von Schmidt showed his hand.
Martin Eden
6
But why do you make this unprovoked attack on me, Digrung?
A Voyage to Arcturus
7
What I was witnessing was not an unprovoked attack, but a belligerent courtship display.
The corfu trilogy
8
Then came Judge Terry with an unprovoked attack on members of the Anti-Lecompton party.
Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
9
Yet this brutal invasion of France, this unprovoked attack on Liège were ugly things.
Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement
10
And Fritz must have recognised them too-whenhe made that unprovoked attack upon them!
The Cliff Climbers / A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"
11
This considerable, significant, grievous and unprovoked attack is unworthy.
The Irish Times
12
It was an unprovoked attack on an unsuspecting man.
Radio NZ
13
He claimed the garda drew his baton and struck him twice in an unprovoked attack.
The Irish Times
14
An inquest ruled it had been an unprovoked attack by a gang of white youths.
The Irish Times
15
Police intensify search for gunman amid growing fears he will strike again with another unprovoked attack.
Radio NZ
16
Washington said the aircraft was targeted in international air space in "an unprovoked attack".
Reuters
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Ireland
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New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
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