Provocation

The band of Indians were ready to go on the warpath at the slightest provocation.

Until such difficulties are ironed out completely, there is always a chance of fighting breaking out at the slightest provocation.

She lost her temper at the slightest provocation.

He's a master of provocation.

This is not a method, this is provocation.

All the photographs and videos of the aeroplane dropping teddy bears are claimed to be falsification and provocation by Belarusian authorities.

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.

There is no provocation.

The chimp's eyes narrowed, ready to hurtle the stone at the slightest provocation.

It was an overt provocation.