unrest

unrest
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great, serious
▪ violent
▪ widespread
▪

There was widespread industrial unrest in the north.

▪ domestic, internal
▪

The incident led to domestic unrest in the cities.

▪ popular, public
▪ growing, mounting
▪ further
▪

The murder of a boy by police sparked further unrest in the occupied zone.

▪ civil, economic, ethnic, industrial, labour/labor, political, racial, social
▪ peasant, student
… OF UNREST
▪ period, wave
▪

The increase in fees sparked a new wave of student unrest.

▪ state
VERB + UNREST
▪ cause, create, foment, provoke, spark, spark off, stir up (esp. BrE), trigger
▪ deal with, quell
▪

The government's attempts to quell serious popular unrest led to civil war.

PREPOSITION
▪ during (the) unrest
▪

Many businesses were looted during the unrest.

▪ unrest among
▪

a wave of democratic unrest among the masses

▪ unrest over
▪

growing unrest over pay levels


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