without provocation

And if he'd said all that without provocation, there'd be only one course of action.

They killed our people without provocation, and we've lost months that should have been spent running them down.

He did not think the old man would shoot without provocation.

He started one to his father and then, without provocation, began to cry.

"Just as you will not shoot me down in the street without provocation."

Each side charged the other with opening fire without provocation.

Yes, but not without provocation, and there had been none lately.

She learned of your tendency to hurt people, sometimes without provocation.

A lion may attack without provocation, and is considered by many to be the best of the big five.

"I want to know who's firing on us without provocation."

They say he assaulted a man in Paris without provocation.

But witnesses said the police had opened fire twice without provocation.

The police fired on the demonstrators without provocation of any kind.

More than once they'd demonstrated their willingness to open fire without provocation.

He and the other Council members attacked us, completely without provocation.

You attacked me without provocation, and I have every right to defend myself.

She already assumed he would become more violent - with or without provocation.

After fleeing your camp - where you shot at me without provocation!

Without provocation her son was unpredictable; with it he might well be impossible.

In two of those five instances, they shot guards without provocation.

But the admiral is quite capable of doing it, and without provocation.

They are extremely fierce but do not attack without provocation.

They have no respect for human life and will kill you with or without provocation."

They killed two others without provocation, the police said.

The King is aggressive, unpredictable, and can strike without provocation.