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Definition
actions that cause a reaction—especially anger or violence
or:
the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
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the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
- You must realize that you have given Professor Peterkin great provocation.1.1 — Part 1 Chapter 1 (47% in)
- Then Keating wandered aimlessly through the halls, snarling at young draftsmen without provocation.1.9 — Part 1 Chapter 9 (24% in)
There are no more uses of "provocation" in The Fountainhead.
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