provocation
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
provocations
plural
provocations
Britannica Dictionary definition of PROVOCATION
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an action or occurrence that causes someone to become angry or to begin to do something
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He can turn violent at the least/slightest/smallest provocation.
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Her calmness in the face of repeated provocations impressed her friends.
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With hardly any provocation, the crowd began to chant.
