'provoke threat' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to something that has the potential to cause a threat or danger. For example: His aggressive behavior is likely to provoke threat to the safety of the people around him.
" 'In soccer, our oilfield is Saddam City.' " Such comments would provoke threats to extract Mr. Dano's tongue.
Any attempt to impose a price freeze could therefore provoke threats from the companies that they will no longer be able to help Britain replace its ageing power plants.
For instance, ants use chemical signals to communicate threat to their colony [1]; chickens emit alarm calls that evoke escape responses in cohorts [2]; ground squirrels produce predator alarm calls to warn nearby conspecifics [3]; and monkeys vocalize predator-specific alarm calls that provoke threat-specific defensive behavior in group members [4].
But it has also provoked threats from more activist organizations.
The debate has splintered the membership, turned neighbor against neighbor and provoked threats of litigation.
The debate has splintered the membership, and provoked threats of litigation.
So far, those countries have refused, a position that provoked threats yesterday from the oil ministers of the two OPEC members, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
This in turn provoked threats of further reprisals from the militants.Mr Arafat has reiterated his call for a total Palestinian ceasefire, on condition that Israel also accepts it and international monitors oversee its implementation.
The devastating Oakland warehouse fire has provoked threats of mass evictions of artist communities and low-income residents, raising concerns that real estate developers will exploit the tragedy to shutter old buildings and displace vulnerable tenants.
The calls by Shiite leaders to ignore the Sunnis' request for changes to the draft constitution provoked threats from the Sunnis that they would urge their people to reject the document when it goes before voters in a national referendum in October.
The behind-the-scenes negotiations have already provoked threats of a legal challenge, including one yesterday from Ronald Lauder, the cosmetics heir who financed and championed the 1993 term-limit law, and who continues to retain lawyers for New Yorkers for Term Limits, an advocacy group.
