protest

protest
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noun
ADJECTIVE
angry, strong, violent
non-violent, peaceful
sit-down (BrE)
mass
massive
formal, official
popular, public, student
anti-government, anti-war, etc.
political, social
continuing
rooftop (BrE), street

a rooftop protest by prison inmates

street protests by residents

widespread
… OF PROTEST
storm, wave

The new tax sparked a wave of public protest.

VERB + PROTEST
organize, stage
lead
lodge, make, register

The Samoan team lodged a formal protest against the decision.

The government has made an official protest.

lead to, spark
ignore
PROTEST + NOUN
group, movement
demonstration, march, meeting, rally
strike (esp. BrE)
petition (esp. BrE)
vote
song
PREPOSITION
in protest

Prisoners shouted and hurled slates in protest.

under protest

The strikers returned to work, but under protest.

without protest

The crowd dispersed without protest.

protest about

a protest about the new bypass

protest against

There had been a number of public protests against the new tax.

protest over

a student protest over tuition fees

PHRASES
a chorus of protest, a cry of protest, a howl of protest

The announcement brought cries of protest from the crowd.

a letter of protest
in protest at (esp. BrE), in protest of (AmE)

The party boycotted the election in protest at alleged vote rigging.

Winters quit the company board in protest of Eisner's plans.

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verb
ADVERB
strongly, vehemently, vigorously
formally
publicly
loudly
mildly
weakly
peacefully

the right to protest peacefully

angrily, bitterly, indignantly
VERB + PROTEST
begin to, try to

When he tried to protest, she insisted.

gather to

Crowds gathered to protest about the police violence.

PREPOSITION
about, over

Many people protested over the tax increase.

against

They were protesting against the proposed agreement.

at

Many people have protested at the cuts in state benefits.

to

We have protested to the government.

PHRASES
the freedom to protest, the right to protest

They were exercising their lawful right to protest.

Protest is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑demonstrator, ↑muscle
Protest is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arrest, ↑decision, ↑injustice, ↑innocence, ↑movement, ↑occupation

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