We have done nothing to provoke such an attack upon us.
It wouldn't take too much to provoke an attack, of that she was sure.
First, stress and anxiety can cause physiological changes that may provoke an attack.
A prolonged lack of negotiations, in itself, China warned, could provoke a military attack.
Nobody wants to provoke or exacerbate an attack on any part of the ground zero site.
They know threat and flight, and either one may provoke attack.
Nor was it clear what provoked an attack on an American artist last March.
Why provoke an attack when we have something they would barter to get?
His eye-he did nothing, I am sure, to provoke such a savage attack.
In some patients sugar and even melon consumption have also been known to provoke attacks.