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What does provocations mean?

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Noun
  1. plural of provocation
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At the time, he had imposed certain restrictions on himself and would not be induced to react, even once, to their provocations.
The insurgents take advantage of darkness to conduct provocations during armistices or when negotiations are underway.
Particularly in the eighteenth century lexicons were infinitely lively, full of satire, poetry and provocations.
In his radical past, Livingstone may have made a warning about the police using provocations staged by anarchists to step up repressive acts.
Well, I think that obviously he controls his security forces and they need to do more to try to make sure that the provocations don't take place.
It gives rise to verbal provocations such as yelling and cursing, excessive honking of the horn, rude or obscene gestures and threats.

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