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  • noun Plural form of provoker.

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Examples

  • 3. Obama maintains a child-like faith in the inability of the enemy to travel unless they are provoked to journey to a new battlefield and then any US deaths are held by Obama to be the fault of people like the Bush-Hitler or other "provokers".

    McCain versus Obama. Ann Althouse 2008

  • "provokers," whom they dare not name, for "planning the incursion of Russian troops all the way to Tbilisi and the establishment there of a pro-Russian government."

    A Step At A Time 2008

  • She was swift as she closed the gap between her provokers.

    Push Comes to Shove Oasis 2010

  • "If the puppet warmongers dare ignite a war, (North Korea) will mercilessly destroy the provokers and their stronghold by mobilizing most powerful war tactics and offensive means beyond imagination," the ruling Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said in a statement carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency.

    Despite Threat, S. Korea Proceeds With Drills By JIN-MAN LEE 2010

  • Goldman was linked to a general fear of anarchists as provokers of violence.

    Emma Goldman. 2009

  • I would say though, given the number of starts and stops without ever concluding a war, combined with the very visible brutal hatred shown by the provokers of these wars, from both the leaders and some of the common Palestinian people, I am more surprised that the Israeli soldier are still as restrained as they are.

    IDF Soldier T-Shirts Draw International Ire « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • I have observed our chiefs of state since FDR and some are easier to lampoon than others, but for the laugh provokers, GWB has provided eight fantastic years.

    Errorist in chief David 2005

  • And Syria and Iran are the primary provokers of this situation, and they are the ones that bear responsibility.

    CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2006 2006

  • We are not a nation of adventures, of provokers, or irresponsible people, as some have tried to picture us.

    LASO CLOSING SESSION 1967

  • Let the provokers remember the crucifixion of Christ, and recall that it did not prevent the empire of that time and the scribes from falling.

    CONCLUDING SESSION OF ADMINISTRATORS OF INRA 1960

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