transcription, транскрипция: [ prɒvəkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
( provocations)
If you describe a person’s action as provocation or a provocation , you mean that it is a reason for someone else to react angrily, violently, or emotionally.
He denies murder on the grounds of provocation...
The soldiers fired without provocation...
N-VAR : usu prep N