The band of Indians were ready to go on the warpath at the slightest provocation.
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Provocation
//ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "provocation" (92 found)
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Related words (46)
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3 entriescauses
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6 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- إِثَارَة noun (act of provoking)
- اِسْتِفْزَاز noun (act of provoking)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- provokasiya noun (act of provoking)
- təxribat noun (act of provoking)
Belarusian
1 entries- правака́цыя noun (act of provoking)
Bulgarian
1 entries- провока́ция noun (act of provoking)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 挑釁 /挑衅 noun (act of provoking)
Czech
1 entries- provokace noun (act of provoking)
Dutch
1 entries- provocatie noun (act of provoking)
Esperanto
1 entries- provoko noun (act of provoking)
Finnish
1 entries- provokaatio noun (act of provoking)
French
1 entries- provocation noun (act of provoking)
Galician
1 entries- provocación noun (act of provoking)
Georgian
1 entries- პროვოკაცია noun (act of provoking)
German
1 entries- Provokation noun (act of provoking)
Greek
1 entries- προβοκάτσια noun (act of provoking)
Hungarian
1 entries- provokáció noun (act of provoking)
Indonesian
1 entries- provokasi noun (act of provoking)
Irish
2 entries- gríosú noun (act of provoking)
- saighdeadh noun (act of provoking)
Italian
1 entries- provocazione noun (act of provoking)
Japanese
1 entries- 挑発 noun (act of provoking)
Korean
1 entries- 도발 noun (act of provoking)
Latvian
2 entries- provocēšana noun (act of provoking)
- provokācija noun (act of provoking)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- prowokacija noun (act of provoking)
Macedonian
1 entries- провокација noun (act of provoking)
Malay
1 entries- provokasi noun (act of provoking)
Persian
1 entries- پرووکاسیون noun (act of provoking)
Polish
1 entries- prowokacja noun (act of provoking)
Portuguese
1 entries- provocação noun (act of provoking)
Romanian
1 entries- provocare noun (act of provoking)
Russian
1 entries- провока́ция noun (act of provoking)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- provokácija noun (act of provoking)
- провока́ција noun (act of provoking)
Slovak
1 entries- provokácia noun (act of provoking)
Slovene
1 entries- provokacija noun (act of provoking)
Spanish
1 entries- provocación noun (act of provoking)
Swedish
1 entries- provokation noun (act of provoking)
Turkish
2 entries- kışkırtma noun (act of provoking)
- provokasyon noun (act of provoking)
Ukrainian
1 entries- провока́ція noun (act of provoking)
Urdu
2 entries- اَشْتِعال noun (act of provoking)
- اَشْتِعال اَنگیزی noun (act of provoking)
Welsh
2 entries- cythrudd noun (act of provoking)
- pryfociad noun (act of provoking)
Yiddish
1 entries- פראוועקאציע noun (act of provoking)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Until such difficulties are ironed out completely, there is always a chance of fighting breaking out at the slightest provocation.
Source: tatoeba (60419)
She lost her temper at the slightest provocation.
Source: tatoeba (310801)
He's a master of provocation.
Source: tatoeba (566527)
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