PROVOCATION


Meaning of PROVOCATION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ extreme

▪ deliberate

… OF PROVOCATION

▪ element

▪

The victim's conduct had involved an element of ~.

VERB + PROVOCATION

▪ respond to

▪ constitute ( law )

▪

Words alone can constitute ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ under ~

▪

The crime was committed under ~.

▪

The defendant was not acting under ~.

▪ without ~

▪

She attacked him without ~.

PHRASES

▪ at the slightest ~

▪

He would lose his temper at the slightest ~.

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