provocation

  • 41provocation — n 1. instigating, instigation, actuating, actuation, initiating, initiation, looking for trouble; fomenting, fomentation, agitating, agitation, exciting, excitement, excitation, arousing, rousing, whipping up, working up, stirring up, enflaming,… …

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  • 42provocation — prov·o·ca·tion …

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  • 43provocation — noun Syn: goading, prodding, incitement, pressure, harassment, teasing, taunting, torment; informal hassle, aggravation …

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  • 44provocation — [ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] something that makes you react in an angry or violent way …

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  • 45provocation — prov•o•ca•tion [[t]ˌprɒv əˈkeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of provoking 2) something that provokes, esp. by inciting, instigating, angering, or irritating • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < L prōvocātiō challenge, appeal =prōvocā(re) to provoke+ tiō …

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  • 46provocation — /prɒvəˈkeɪʃən/ (say provuh kayshuhn) noun 1. the act of provoking. 2. something that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates. 3. Law words or conduct leading to a killing in hot passion and without deliberation. {Middle English, from Latin… …

  • 47adequate provocation — Provocation which is sufficient to reduce an intentional killing from murder to manslaughter and consisting of conduct on the part of the deceased which so excited the assailant as practically to enthrall his reason. State v Grugin, 147 Mo 39.… …

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  • 48provocation typhoid — the systemic reaction to the endotoxin of killed typhoid bacilli in typhoid vaccine …

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  • 49Trouble oppositionnel avec provocation — Classification et ressources externes CIM 10 F91.3 CIM 9 313.81 MeSH …

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  • 50Epreuve de provocation bronchique — Épreuve de provocation bronchique L’épreuve de provocation bronchique est un examen médical utilisé dans le diagnostic de l’asthme, réalisé dans le cadre des explorations fonctionnelles respiratoires. Il vise à déterminer si le patient souffre ou …

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