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Definition of unprovoked in English: unprovokedadjective ʌnprəˈvəʊktˌənprəˈvoʊkt Carried out, occurring, or acting without direct provocation. an unprovoked attack on an innocent man Example sentencesExamples - A detective described the violence in Thornhill, Dewsbury, by a gang of white men and women as ‘nasty’ and unprovoked.
- McQuillian, of Colchester CID, said it was important to catch the men as quickly as possible, adding that the stabbing seemed to have been unprovoked.
- This isn't some aggrieved person tipped over the edge with a motive to perpetrate evil - this is a seemingly random and unprovoked sequence of events.
- They could either release the man back into the community, whose sense of social solidarity he had so reinforced by his unprovoked attack on a random stranger, or they could charge him and put him before the courts.
- However, the attacks were also unprovoked and unrelated to any specific activity, emotional upset, or food intake.
- He was unapologetic about the death of one demonstrator and the beatings, false imprisonments, torture, and unprovoked attacks on countless others.
- The boys' parents are alleged to have carried out the unprovoked assault.
- It is difficult to imagine the terror he must have felt as that wholly unprovoked attack was carried out on him.
- This was an unprovoked, violent assault and whoever carried it out could quite easily do it again.
- How dare they sell us a war that was unprovoked and unnecessary?
- A 20-YEAR-OLD Irishman who suffered serious head injuries in an unprovoked attack in the US has regained consciousness after being in a coma for almost a week.
- If you are embarked on a murderous, unprovoked onslaught on your neighbors, with the general aim of European and then Global Hegemony, then you are embarked on a truly insane course.
- The brutality of life on the streets of Waterford city is once again under sharp focus following a horrific unprovoked attack in the vicinity of the Strawberry Hill estate at Ballytruckle.
- It's a euphemism to call Bush's war on Iraq ‘a war of choice’; it was a classic unprovoked war of aggression.
- We were so shocked at being on the receiving end of such an unprovoked outburst, we had to check with each other that this guy had actually said what we thought he'd said.
- In a seemingly unprovoked incident, the attackers hit both men and women in the 16-strong party, with a 72-year-old woman left unconscious.
- The US will portray the resolution as a UN sanction for an unprovoked war of aggression.
- Lorraine's comment was unprovoked, a direct verbal assault done for the sole purpose of her own malicious pleasure.
- As a temporary UN Security Council member, it has a rare (for an Arab country) opportunity to make a noisy stink about unprovoked aggression.
- It is an horrific and extremely cowardly attack, which was totally unprovoked.
- The incident appears to be completely unprovoked.
- The unprovoked invasion, conquest, and occupation of Iraq should never have happened.
- We have been led to believe that this was an unprovoked outburst of baseless hatred on the part of the German people.
- The International Shark Attack File lists bull sharks as historically responsible for at least 69 unprovoked attacks on humans around the world and 17 deaths.
- He said the girls' parents were appalled to think that ordinary law abiding members of the public could be subjected to such unprovoked violence, especially when with a group.
- There was a time not so long ago when people like de Jesus were written up in the newspapers as ‘man slain in unprovoked attack on police.’
- Suffice it to say that this incident deserves careful examination, but so far the thesis that it was a deliberate and unprovoked attack on the hotel intended to scare, or even kill, journalists is simply unfounded.
- Completely out of the blue this dog made an unprovoked lunge at Atlas and Montgomery, who I did have on a lead.
- Yet men are still extraordinarily patient in dealing with these harridans and often just smile benignly and ignore their unprovoked attacks.
- In 1982 the Israelis mounted an unprovoked invasion of Lebanon as Ariel Sharon sought to destroy the remnants of the weakened PLO in Beirut.
- An attack on Iraq would be an unprovoked act of aggression.
- Having annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia, he began World War II by an unprovoked attack against Poland in 1939.
- The most serious was unprovoked invasion of a sovereign state that offered no threat to ones homeland.
- He is also about 12 years of age and, as far as we know, it was a completely unprovoked assault.
- The French claimed the attack was unprovoked, although they admitted the attack came after they had fired muskets over the heads of a few Samoans to persuade them to release a grapnel rope to a long boat.
- The December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor was an unprovoked act of aggression by the Empire of Japan.
- Once again we have seen a totally unprovoked and malicious attack carried out on impulse.
- We insist that those responsible for conspiring to wage unprovoked wars and carry out illegal coups must be tried for war crimes.
- We don't know whether it was unprovoked or whether there had been an incident earlier in the evening.
- He suffered an unprovoked head butt during a night out in November.
Synonyms unjustified, without reason, uncalled for, unwarranted, undue
Definition of unprovoked in US English: unprovokedadjectiveˌənprəˈvoʊktˌənprəˈvōkt 1(of an attack, or a display of aggression or emotion) not caused by anything done or said. acts of unprovoked aggression Example sentencesExamples - The International Shark Attack File lists bull sharks as historically responsible for at least 69 unprovoked attacks on humans around the world and 17 deaths.
- He was unapologetic about the death of one demonstrator and the beatings, false imprisonments, torture, and unprovoked attacks on countless others.
- Completely out of the blue this dog made an unprovoked lunge at Atlas and Montgomery, who I did have on a lead.
- This was an unprovoked, violent assault and whoever carried it out could quite easily do it again.
- The incident appears to be completely unprovoked.
- The most serious was unprovoked invasion of a sovereign state that offered no threat to ones homeland.
- A 20-YEAR-OLD Irishman who suffered serious head injuries in an unprovoked attack in the US has regained consciousness after being in a coma for almost a week.
- It is difficult to imagine the terror he must have felt as that wholly unprovoked attack was carried out on him.
- He said the girls' parents were appalled to think that ordinary law abiding members of the public could be subjected to such unprovoked violence, especially when with a group.
- We were so shocked at being on the receiving end of such an unprovoked outburst, we had to check with each other that this guy had actually said what we thought he'd said.
- We have been led to believe that this was an unprovoked outburst of baseless hatred on the part of the German people.
- Having annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia, he began World War II by an unprovoked attack against Poland in 1939.
- An attack on Iraq would be an unprovoked act of aggression.
- Suffice it to say that this incident deserves careful examination, but so far the thesis that it was a deliberate and unprovoked attack on the hotel intended to scare, or even kill, journalists is simply unfounded.
- The boys' parents are alleged to have carried out the unprovoked assault.
- The US will portray the resolution as a UN sanction for an unprovoked war of aggression.
- He is also about 12 years of age and, as far as we know, it was a completely unprovoked assault.
- It's a euphemism to call Bush's war on Iraq ‘a war of choice’; it was a classic unprovoked war of aggression.
- The December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor was an unprovoked act of aggression by the Empire of Japan.
- A detective described the violence in Thornhill, Dewsbury, by a gang of white men and women as ‘nasty’ and unprovoked.
- How dare they sell us a war that was unprovoked and unnecessary?
- They could either release the man back into the community, whose sense of social solidarity he had so reinforced by his unprovoked attack on a random stranger, or they could charge him and put him before the courts.
- The unprovoked invasion, conquest, and occupation of Iraq should never have happened.
- If you are embarked on a murderous, unprovoked onslaught on your neighbors, with the general aim of European and then Global Hegemony, then you are embarked on a truly insane course.
- Once again we have seen a totally unprovoked and malicious attack carried out on impulse.
- In a seemingly unprovoked incident, the attackers hit both men and women in the 16-strong party, with a 72-year-old woman left unconscious.
- He suffered an unprovoked head butt during a night out in November.
- McQuillian, of Colchester CID, said it was important to catch the men as quickly as possible, adding that the stabbing seemed to have been unprovoked.
- In 1982 the Israelis mounted an unprovoked invasion of Lebanon as Ariel Sharon sought to destroy the remnants of the weakened PLO in Beirut.
- We insist that those responsible for conspiring to wage unprovoked wars and carry out illegal coups must be tried for war crimes.
- This isn't some aggrieved person tipped over the edge with a motive to perpetrate evil - this is a seemingly random and unprovoked sequence of events.
- It is an horrific and extremely cowardly attack, which was totally unprovoked.
- The brutality of life on the streets of Waterford city is once again under sharp focus following a horrific unprovoked attack in the vicinity of the Strawberry Hill estate at Ballytruckle.
- The French claimed the attack was unprovoked, although they admitted the attack came after they had fired muskets over the heads of a few Samoans to persuade them to release a grapnel rope to a long boat.
- Lorraine's comment was unprovoked, a direct verbal assault done for the sole purpose of her own malicious pleasure.
- Yet men are still extraordinarily patient in dealing with these harridans and often just smile benignly and ignore their unprovoked attacks.
- We don't know whether it was unprovoked or whether there had been an incident earlier in the evening.
- However, the attacks were also unprovoked and unrelated to any specific activity, emotional upset, or food intake.
- As a temporary UN Security Council member, it has a rare (for an Arab country) opportunity to make a noisy stink about unprovoked aggression.
- There was a time not so long ago when people like de Jesus were written up in the newspapers as ‘man slain in unprovoked attack on police.’
Synonyms unjustified, without reason, uncalled for, unwarranted, undue - 1.1 (of a person) not provoked to do something.
Example sentencesExamples - Long story short, she was unprovoked, but absolutely psychotic.
- It is all happening because there are lies upon lies, deceit upon deceit that have been used to justify this illegal war on against an unprovoked enemy, or an enemy that does not provoke us.
- The unprovoked audience sang along to her lullabies for disenfranchised poets, tormented lovers and jovial dancers.
- Dealing with rude people can be extremely stressful, especially when unprovoked.
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