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• a  serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
  a provocative remark
  a provocative smile
  provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope
• s  exciting sexual desire
  her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative

• A Dutch right-wing politician's provocative anti-Muslim documentary finally airs, but it doesn't prompt the outrage feared.
• Is God in Our Genes? A provocative study asks whether religion is a product of evolution.
• Al Ahram Editor Mohammed Hassanein Heikal's weekly column is always the most provocative reading in Cairo, but even Heikal exceeded himself last week.

• unprovocative

News & Articles

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• We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
  Alex Gibney crafts a fascinating and provocative tale out of the WikiLeaks saga by Al Hoff With the Snowden/NSA imbroglio on the front page, the timing is perfect for Alex Gibney's latest doc, this one about the rise (and fall) of WikiLeaks, its star leaker, Pfc. Bradley Manning, and its telegenic frontman, Julian Assange.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  June 19, 2013 - Pittsburgh City Paper
• Why Apple Sucks as an Investment, but Amazon Doesn't
  NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Yes. That's a provocative headline. Designed to make you click. Pretty amazing, isn't it, that we do that in this business. We actually want to catch your attention at the front door, so you'll walk in, spend some time, use the back door and do it all over again sometime soon. Sort of like the television or radio programs that "tease" really interesting things right ...
  June 18, 2013 - TheStreet.com
• 5 smart takes on Kanye West's Yeezus
  The latest album by hip-hop's most provocative innovator has earned universal acclaim — but for a variety of reasons
  June 18, 2013 - The Week via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Lee Myung-bak in Telegraph.co.uk
  Now things are different. North Korea will pay a price corresponding to its provocative acts,said President Lee.
• President Bush in International Herald Tribune
  It is a dangerous situation,Bush said during a White House news conference. "They should not have done it, pure and simple. ...... I don't know what their thinking was, but I'm telling you what my thinking was. I think it was a provocative...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in International Herald Tribune
  We intend to raise this violation of the Security Council resolution, if it goes forward, in the UN,Clinton said Wednesday in Mexico City. "This provocative action in violation of the UN mandate will not go unnoticed, and there will be...