The provocation of a severe asthma attack after a cold is a well-known and widely traveled path to a serious illness. Perhaps they killed under great provocation, in the heat of passion. The Russian provocation is currently nothing more than a policy of pinprits. (Daily Telegraph, March 1901) Frances swallowed a lump in her throat that was far too good to make it for a little provocation. Luther became a conservative darling this spring for his provocation and spent two days in jail for contempt of court. It is a provocation to reinvent the AI development process to include those who eventually succumb to algorithms. The provocation is likely to end any hesitation in Britain to launch attacks against ISIS in Iraq. Add a provocation to one of your following lists or create a new one. No one was killed and Ukraine called the incident an attempt at provocation. A provocation makes someone angry or sometimes even violent. Telling a professional boxer how ugly he is would be considered a provocation – one that could be punched in your face. The boundaries between digital and analog all but disappeared as anger, provocation and schadenfreude bounced back and forth. Without proof or provocation, she attacks Swamp Thing – and is then defeated in the only fight she has on the subject.
One thing is certain: Robert was not in an aggressive mood and would not have resumed hostilities without really serious provocations. Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article on provocation As my Vox colleague Jane Coaston pointed out, Miller likes provocation for provocation`s sake. And then, in early 2013, he burst into tears, creating one provocation after another, seemingly every day for more than two months. The fact that she praised Graham`s supervision of the trial, then stood up and kissed him, was simply the latest provocation for many Liberals. Vast armies and monstrous navies have become much more of a provocation and danger than a defense. Never, for any reason or under any provocation, do you respond to rudeness with rudeness. Middle English provocacioun, from Anglo-French provocacion, from Latin provocation-, provocatio, from provocare provocation is the act of provoking someone – doing something just to get a reaction. During election season, opponents sometimes use provocations to ruin everyone`s reputation. Sometimes, however, it backfires and anyone who commits the provocation and looks like a bully loses votes. Some celebrities whose stars fade use provocations such as outrageous statements to keep their names in the headlines.
sowing dragon teeth to cause non-conflict or conflict; fomenting revolution; fanning the flames of war; to plant the seeds of conflict. This expression is based on the ancient Greek myth of Cadmus, a legendary hero who, after killing a dragon that devoured his servants, was advised by Athena to plant the monster`s teeth in the ground, apparently to appease Mars, the deity to which the dragon belonged. The teeth produced fully armed soldiers who fought among themselves until all but five were killed. While Cadmus thought his actions would have a calming effect, they actually caused more conflict – a concept often involved in the figurative use of pig dragon teeth. Ginger group A fraction that serves as a motivating or activating force in a larger body; Young Turks; a splinter group. „Ginger“ is a strong, aromatic substance used as a spice and sometimes used in medicines as a carminative or stimulant. Its qualities have produced a figurative use of the word, which means „animation, good humor, pungent“. Thus, the „ginger group“ is a facilitator and stimulating subgroup. This colloquial British expression dates back to the turn of the century. The judges waved a hornet`s nest on the sacred territory of the „right to strike“. (The Listener, August 1966) put a cat among the pigeons to cause trouble by introducing a highly controversial topic of discussion; Arouse passions by introducing an inflammatory topic into a conversation. This colloquial British expression corresponds to the American phrase of placing a match in a powder keg.
Leader One who leads an uprising; the leader of a street gang or underworld union; Any instigator or agitator of trouble. In the elegant evenings of the 16th century, the one who led the dance was called the leader. It was so named because the participants arranged themselves in a circle before the dance began. In contemporary usage, the term always has negative connotations, making it difficult to determine whether the current meaning was actually derived from the first. A traditional career man without imagination who does not make waves. (Henry Trewhitt, quoted in Webster`s Third) Our brother Paris, who is a criminal, is burning us all. (Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, II, ii) Jesuits. sown dragon`s teeth that arose in the hydras of rebellion and apostasy. (John Marsden, The History of the First Pilgrims, 1853) 1.
Anything that arouses anger; the cause of resentment. Look at the narrowed eyes to deceive you, to make the slightest mistake that provokes a reaction disproportionate to its importance. This expression has nothing to do with inner strabismus, but simply means looking at someone „wrongly“. The use of the term dates back to the mid-20th century. Such a policy of „pinprits“ is beginning to be recognized by sensible French people as a grave mistake. (Times, November 1898) stirring a hornet`s nest To activate latent hostility, to beg for trouble; cause great excitement and excitement of an antagonistic or controversial nature. The hornet has been the symbol of a vicious attacker for centuries; the term hornet`s nest appeared in Samuel Richardson`s Pamela (1739); Today, the most common agitation of a hornet`s nest is widespread in the United States and Great Britain: making waves to upset or upset the balance of a situation, cause trouble, stir things up. The emergence of ginger groups to combat certain proposals isn`t necessarily a bad thing — especially if established organizations aren`t willing to fight. (New Society, February 5, 1970) 3. Appeal to a court or judge.
A Latinism that is no longer used. The conspiracy is so well balanced between them that I will never find the leader. (James Beresford, Misery of Human Life, 1806-07) PROVO`CATIVENESS, n. The quality of being provocative or challenging. Arsonist One who incites others to struggle or revolution, an agitator; Any energetic and passionate person who inspires others to take action. Literally, a fire blight is a burning stick used to set fire to other materials. The development of his pictorial use is obvious. waving the bloodied shirt to incite revenge or retaliation; to stir up or intensify hostilities. Two plausible theories about the origin of this theorem are proposed. It is attributed to the Scottish Battle of Glenfruin, recounted by Sir Walter Scott in Rob Roy, after which the widows of those killed rode before James VI and wore their husbands` bloody shirts on spears. The other goes back to the Corsican custom of mourning the victims of feudal murders. The dead man`s bloodied shirt, which hung over his head as mourners surrounded his body and armed men guarded them all, was suddenly torn from one of the women and waved amid growing wails.
The men repeated their cries and vowed revenge. Wave the bloody shirt was widely used in the United States during the post-Civil War reconstruction period in reference to those who exploited and continued the section`s hostilities. Get a climb to tease or prompt someone to elicit a desired response; provoke a person to react; bait. This term was originally a fishing tongue – ascent describes the movement of a fish on the surface of the water to reach a fly or bait. In the 1800s, phrases such as „fetch or lift“ referred to teasing someone or making an ass. Today, the term has a broader application and can refer to obtaining any desired answer. Pinprick Policy A strategy in which a series of minor hostile acts are aimed at provoking opposition; A course of trivial trouble undertaken as part of national policy. This term, which corresponds to the French a pin, was first used during the Fashoda Incident, a period of strained Anglo-French relations in 1898: while the use of the term has declined since the Fashoda Incident, it is sometimes used to describe irritating but generally harmless government policy. PROVOCATIVE. Exciting; stimulant; tend to whet or stimulate appetite or passion. Another expression, the tipping boat, is probably the source of this sentence, because moving a small boat from side to side creates waves in otherwise smooth water.
Literally rocking a boat, especially a canoe or kayak, is quite a risky action as these boats capsize easily. The unfortunate publicity tended to shake the boat. (Frederick Lewis Allen, just yesterday, 1931).
