DEMONSTRATOR


Meaning of DEMONSTRATOR in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

angry

When Vice-President Nixon toured the area in 1958 he was pelted with rotten eggs and jostled by angry demonstrators .

Similar protests were held in other towns, where the party and regional authority's headquarters were besieged by angry demonstrators .

peaceful

This has caused some concern as peaceful demonstrators may be prevented from marching because of the threat posed by a potentially disruptive counter-demonstration.

The violence against peaceful demonstrators by police was downplayed, while violence against police was played up.

■ NOUN

student

Some 592 people had been injured in the police attack on student demonstrators , which precipitated the November revolution.

The catalyst for the demonstrations was the beating to death of a student demonstrator by riot police.

The incident also appeared to provide a pretext for the government to institute harsher measures against the student demonstrators .

■ VERB

arrest

Troops entered the hotel and arrested an estimated 1,500 demonstrators , many of whom were beaten before being taken away.

kill

Other sources claimed that 10 members of the ruling Ba'ath party had also been killed by the demonstrators .

shoot

The army has since been ordered to shoot demonstrators on sight.

use

Tear-gas was used against the demonstrators , a few were arrested, and tourists were ordered to stay in their hotels.

Outside the group's headquarters, police and soldiers used tear gas against demonstrators .

In some places army reserves were called out to protect public property, and in Manchester high-pressure water-hoses were used against demonstrators .

He asserted the mere threat of using troops to support demonstrators was the same as using troops.

There had been widespread fears of police violence, and water cannon had already been used against demonstrators on Saturday.

She settled on a five-passenger model that Lockheed was using as a demonstrator in the East.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Thirteen demonstrators were killed when soldiers opened fire on the crowd.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

By the end of July, 23 demonstrators had been killed and several wounded by security forces.

Club activities centre on monthly meetings, an information service and the production of application demonstrators.

Fortunately, the 75 demonstrators in front of the country club were colorful.

Mary and Reggie came in, smiling, and glowing with that special look of the successful demonstrator .

Right-wing groups fired on left-wing demonstrators.

Some 157 demonstrators were subsequently convicted of a range of offences and were sentenced to up to 20 years' imprisonment.

Troops entered the hotel and arrested an estimated 1,500 demonstrators, many of whom were beaten before being taken away.

We expected the march in the District to be huge, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators attending.

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