It was unprovoked.
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Unprovoked
//ˌʌnpɹəˈvoʊkt//
Synonyms for "unprovoked" (5 found)
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16 translations across 11 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- несправакаваны adj (without provocation)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 無緣無故的 /无缘无故的 adj (without provocation)
- 無緣無故 /无缘无故 adv (without provocation)
Finnish
2 entries- provosoimaton adj (without provocation)
- provosoimaton adv (without provocation)
German
1 entries- unprovoziert adj (without provocation)
Greek
1 entries- απρόκλητος adj (without provocation)
Latin
1 entries- illacessītus adj (without provocation)
Polish
1 entries- bezpodstawny adj (without provocation)
Romanian
1 entries- neprovocat adj (without provocation)
Russian
1 entries- неспровоци́рованный adj (without provocation)
Turkish
4 entries- nedensiz adj (without provocation)
- sebepsiz adj (without provocation)
- nedensizce adv (without provocation)
- sebepsizce adv (without provocation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- неспровоко́ваний adj (without provocation)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Russia is the only country to blame for its decision to launch an unprovoked imperialist invasion of Ukraine.
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I love seeing people who think asking to join NATO is a provocation but the Six-Day War was completely unprovoked.
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Unprovoked laughter is a sign of foolishness.
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