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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNPROVO'KED, a.
1. Not provoked; not incited; applied to persons.
2. Not proceeding from provocation or just cause; as an unprovoked attack.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt [syn: motiveless, unprovoked, wanton]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (of a person or act) without provocation.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone makes an unprovoked attack, they attack someone who has not tried to harm them in any way. ADJ





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