"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He could provoke reprisals.
- Most of the Mets who have raised the scenario are adamant about not speaking publicly, wary of generating hard feelings and perhaps provoking reprisals.
- In the past, such attacks have provoked violent reprisals against leftist groups and the arrest of their organizers.
- Many of those released withheld details of their experience for fear of provoking reprisals against other foreign captives.
- May-August Anti-government demonstrations by Buddhist monks provoke violent reprisals.
- Soviet partisans often robbed wealthier peasants and provoked German reprisals.
- These crimes traumatize entire communities and can provoke reprisals - leading to a never-ending cycle of violence.
- Officials in Washington and Iraq said he had been briefed in advance on missions that carry a high risk of civilian casualties or of provoking reprisals.
- Meantime, many Democrats are apprehensive about the trade policy debate, fearing that it will lead to protectionist legislation that could provoke reprisals against American producers.
- There was also a desire not to provoke reprisals by loyalists against the Catholic/nationalist population there.
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