noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , serious
▪ violent
▪ widespread
▪
There was widespread industrial ~ in the north.
▪ domestic , internal
▪
The incident led to domestic ~ in the cities.
▪ popular , public
▪ growing , mounting
▪ further
▪
The murder of a boy by police sparked further ~ 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 ~.
▪ 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 ~ led to civil war.
PREPOSITION
▪ during (the) ~
▪
Many businesses were looted during the ~.
▪ ~ among
▪
a wave of democratic ~ among the masses
▪ ~ over
▪
growing ~ over pay levels