The phrase "avoid provocative" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to steer clear of actions, statements, or content that may incite strong reactions or controversy.
Example: "In your presentation, it's best to avoid provocative language that could alienate your audience."
Alternatives: "steer clear of contentious" or "refrain from inflammatory".
But Israeli settlers were being urged to avoid provocative actions.
The White House warned Russia to respect Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and avoid "provocative" actions.
In the end, they decided to avoid provocative action, even at the risk of Constable's getting off lightly.
American liberals hate a covenant which Anglican churches are being asked to sign, pledging to avoid provocative actions like consecrating openly gay bishops.
"We expect other nations to respect Ukraine's sovereignty and avoid provocative actions," Hagel told a press conference at a Nato defence meeting in Brussels.
#Egypt — Rawya Rageh (@RawyaRageh) 10 May 12 Pressed by Mr. Aboul Fotouh on not calling Israel an enemy, Mr. Moussa, a career diplomat, suggested that it was best to avoid provocative and "emotional language".
Messrs Dole and Clinton both avoided provocative views, and stuck closely to the script written by their pollsters; candidates who spoke their minds got eliminated in the primaries.
Mr. Arafat must be seen to be making every possible effort to maintain peace, including avoiding provocative rhetoric and preventing further early releases of Hamas terrorists.
Mr. Chen has avoided provocative statements, deliberately not uttering, for example, the phrase state-to-state relations, which the outgoing president, Lee Teng-husedused last summer to the outrage of Beijing.
While any explanation of this shift and these omissions is merely speculative, here it seems that Hume does not change his mind about the arguments of the Treatise but chooses to lead the reader to the same conclusions by more subtle and indirect means while avoiding provocative claims.
Jeremi would not budge although he remained on decent terms with the Orthdox Church, avoiding provocative actions, and supported his uncle and Orthodox bishop Peter Mogila and his Orthodox Church collegium.
