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Provocation Metaphorically Crossword Clue

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23%10 Patient under provocation
adjective satellite

• showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment

23%5 Respond to a provocation
verb

• show a response or a reaction to something

• act against or in opposition to

• undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions

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New York Times30 Oct 2005 Across 92 REDRAG
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