"provoke" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- His Serb army and police seem to be doing their best to provoke war.
- That would give away his true identity and quite possibly provoke a new war.
- We seek not to provoke war, but to promote peace.
- Palestinian leaders have refused, saying that doing so could provoke a civil war.
- If the mine is built, it will provoke a war here.
- It would provoke a war, and people are tired of fighting here.
- One account says the raid was a deliberate attempt to provoke war.
- It was enough to provoke a war, and more than enough to finish one.
- Goodness knows we've worked hard enough to get the ship off without provoking a war.
- How else to explain a man who would betray his business partners and provoke a shooting war for no good reason?
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