noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
angry
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When Vice-President Nixon toured the area in 1958 he was pelted with rotten eggs and jostled by angry demonstrators .
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Similar protests were held in other towns, where the party and regional authority's headquarters were besieged by angry demonstrators .
peaceful
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This has caused some concern as peaceful demonstrators may be prevented from marching because of the threat posed by a potentially disruptive counter-demonstration.
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The violence against peaceful demonstrators by police was downplayed, while violence against police was played up.
■ NOUN
student
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Some 592 people had been injured in the police attack on student demonstrators , which precipitated the November revolution.
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The catalyst for the demonstrations was the beating to death of a student demonstrator by riot police.
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The incident also appeared to provide a pretext for the government to institute harsher measures against the student demonstrators .
■ VERB
arrest
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Troops entered the hotel and arrested an estimated 1,500 demonstrators , many of whom were beaten before being taken away.
kill
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Other sources claimed that 10 members of the ruling Ba'ath party had also been killed by the demonstrators .
shoot
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The army has since been ordered to shoot demonstrators on sight.
use
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Tear-gas was used against the demonstrators , a few were arrested, and tourists were ordered to stay in their hotels.
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Outside the group's headquarters, police and soldiers used tear gas against demonstrators .
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In some places army reserves were called out to protect public property, and in Manchester high-pressure water-hoses were used against demonstrators .
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He asserted the mere threat of using troops to support demonstrators was the same as using troops.
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There had been widespread fears of police violence, and water cannon had already been used against demonstrators on Saturday.
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She settled on a five-passenger model that Lockheed was using as a demonstrator in the East.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Thirteen demonstrators were killed when soldiers opened fire on the crowd.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the end of July, 23 demonstrators had been killed and several wounded by security forces.
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Club activities centre on monthly meetings, an information service and the production of application demonstrators.
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Fortunately, the 75 demonstrators in front of the country club were colorful.
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Mary and Reggie came in, smiling, and glowing with that special look of the successful demonstrator .
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Right-wing groups fired on left-wing demonstrators.
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Some 157 demonstrators were subsequently convicted of a range of offences and were sentenced to up to 20 years' imprisonment.
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Troops entered the hotel and arrested an estimated 1,500 demonstrators, many of whom were beaten before being taken away.
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We expected the march in the District to be huge, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators attending.