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unprovoked

/ ʌԱəˈəʊ /

adjective

  1. not provoked by anything done or said
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In March, when Trump placed a 25% tariff on Canadian-made automobiles, Poilievre delivered remarks "condemning, without equivocation, the unjustified and unprovoked tariffs that President Trump has now announced against our auto sector."

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Grennan said being the victim of an unprovoked attack and hospitalised with a broken jaw while at university was when he first encountered being depressed.

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Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservatives, the main opposition party, called the tariffs "unjustified and unprovoked".

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He has attacked the "indescribable aggression" against Ukraine, in what he called an "unprovoked attack on their land".

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The King has previously expressed support for Zelensky and Ukraine, saying the country had experienced "indescribable aggression" following Russia's "unprovoked attack on their land".

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