It would be a provocative act, sure to spark violence, and the farmers were now meeting to decide whether to proceed.

In response to these provocative acts, Caesar mobilized his troops.

Even well below the top of the trench, he felt his own movement to be a provocative act.

The decision has been condemned by Argentina, which described it as a "provocative act".

From the standpoint of Louis's existing sons, it was a provocative act.

Every other government was complaining that their deployment at this time constituted a deliberately provocative act.

So it is up to North Korea to stop these provocative acts.

With each successive provocative act, the threshold of unacceptable behavior seems to get higher.

How should we react to events such as the flotilla, which, in my opinion, is a provocative act?

"We consider this a provocative act," the vice marshal said at a press briefing.