constitute a provocation

Frequency: 5.03.2 per million words

To be an action or event that is intended to make somebody angry or upset.

constituteVERB + NOUN (as object)

Categories:

provocation

Examples (10)

  • The military exercises near the border could constitute a provocation.
  • In law, mere words do not typically constitute a provocation sufficient to reduce murder to manslaughter.
  • The diplomat's speech was seen by many as constituting a deliberate provocation.
  • Sending warships into their territorial waters would definitely constitute a provocation.
  • Does this act of defiance constitute a provocation in your opinion?
  • The government insisted that their actions did not constitute a provocation.
  • Any attempt to alter the status of the city will constitute a serious provocation.
  • Analysts are debating whether the new trade tariffs constitute a provocation or a legitimate defensive measure.
  • The blockade of the port was a clear act that constituted a provocation for war.
  • These repeated incursions into our airspace constitute a grave provocation.