Synonym: aggravation, incitation, incitement, irritation. Similar words: vocation, avocation, invocation, equivocation, location, improvisation, evocative, provoke. Meaning: [‚prɑvə'keɪʃn /‚prɒ-] 
n. 1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment 2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action 3. needed encouragement.
n. 1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment 2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action 3. needed encouragement. 
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91. Conclusion Bronchial provocation test and bronchial dilation test are valuable diagnostic methods which could reduce asthma acatalepsia.
92. We must resist that provocation and I want all our people briefed to that effect.
93. And given that maximum detectable flaw size should you have a PTS event would the reactor vessel fail? Or have a crack provocation such that the likelihood of failure would be much higher.
94. His presence was an irritation to him, for some reason - a deadly provocation.
95. On the other side, the incident shows a Chinese government that is dangerously trigger-happy, willing to wage economic warfare on the slightest provocation.
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96. A dramatic incident such as a terrorist attack or a provocation from a rogue state might well bring it back to life.
97. This situation is at the least unsettling , and at the most a grave and wholly unwarranted provocation.
98. "Works No 1", "Works No 2", "Works No 4", "Works NO 10" and so on constitute another different aspect, which has displayed the skinny beautiful woman's intractability and provocation.
99. Statis-tics show that bronchial provocation testis better than intracutaneous test.
100. He urged delay to a moment when the provocation would be clearer.
101. "I have a very big respect for English design, because they are provocation, and when you provoke, something stays after, " says Mr. Cardin.
102. Nothing can be offered now to reward Pyongyang for its deliberate provocation.
103. In 2007 Russia's then president, Vladimir Putin, called the expansion of NATO a'serious provocation "
104. Although Japan has repeatedly in the Diaoyu Islands provocation, however not dare rushed to provoke and our fight no-win military conflict.
105. Grand master of provocation, virtuoso of the eccentric, Salvador Dali is known the world over.
106. Standing next to me was a nerve-shattering blonde, who waxed and waned under a black chemise with enough provocation to induce lycanthropy in a Boy Scout.
107. Some officers told me that they only take action in response to provocation, and even then, only in self-defense.
108. "On the other side, the incident shows a Chinese government that is dangerously trigger-happy, willing to wage economic warfare on the slightest provocation, " he added.
109. Respiratory responsiveness was measured by methacholine chloride bronchial provocation test in 163 new cotton workers before and after 10 weeks exposure to cotton dust.
110. He had concluded that Lyalin was a provocation , and simply refused to circulate the documents.
111. He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.
112. Come out, after sunning, before insolate a good repose medicine material to make ground provocation to get up.
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