All 7 Uses
provocation
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- This situation is at the least unsettling, and at the most a grave and wholly unwarranted provocation.†
Chpt 8. *provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
- How can you expect us to regard this as anything other than a provocation?†
Chpt 8.
- It is not our intention to make a provocation of our own, but under the terms of our agreement we have the right to know what is going on, Mr. Ambassador.†
Chpt 8.
- Possibly an attack mission, probably not, it had in any case been a provocation.†
Chpt 10.
- Whatever provocation they make, we will not react to it.†
Chpt 11.
- "Because Stralbo wisely and courageously decided to refrain from reacting to their provocations," Gorshkov replied.†
Chpt 15.provocations = actions that cause an angry or violent reaction
- The 'rescue' has been successfully concluded, and the further presence of the Soviet fleet can only be a provocation.†
Chpt 16.provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
Definitions:
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(1)
(provocation) actions that cause a reaction--especially anger or violence
or:
the act of causing an angry or violent reaction - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)