noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deliberate
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It is an act of explicit challenge to Rome, an act of deliberate , militant provocation .
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We are virtually certain that this incident was a deliberate provocation .
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The company's been accused of deliberate provocation .
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He knew that Sharpe's insults were more than mere anger, but a deliberate provocation to a duel.
slight
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He's not saying we should explode on the slightest provocation .
■ NOUN
test
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There was also no relation between the results of the provocation test and the number and nature of symptoms.
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Demonstrate provocation test where clients deliberately over-breath - discuss catastrophic misinterpretation of symptoms - breathing exercises.
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A positive provocation test was documented if upper abdominal pain was present with or without nausea after introduction of duodenal contents.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Carter claims that she attacked him without provocation .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although there was no question of rising to it, the means of provocation were ingenious.
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But Didion is interested in root causes, not in immediate provocations.
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But much of it was due to provocation from the students whose ranks had been infiltrated by revolutionaries seeking a violent reaction.
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Horbury denies murder on grounds of provocation .
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I shall recommend ways of keeping cool in the face of severe provocation .
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Keyes refused to speculate on either the provocations or the order of the deaths.
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Thus, if the mandatory penalty were abolished, it would be sufficient to take account of provocation when sentencing for murder.