I.
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 ~ by prison inmates
▪
street ~s by residents
▪ widespread
… OF PROTEST
▪ storm , wave
▪
The new tax sparked a wave of public ~.
VERB + PROTEST
▪ organize , stage
▪ lead
▪ lodge , make , register
▪
The Samoan team lodged a formal ~ against the decision.
▪
The government has made an official ~.
▪ lead to , spark
▪ ignore
PROTEST + NOUN
▪ group , movement
▪ demonstration , march , meeting , rally
▪ strike ( esp. BrE )
▪ petition ( esp. BrE )
▪ vote
▪ song
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
Prisoners shouted and hurled slates in ~.
▪ under ~
▪
The strikers returned to work, but under ~.
▪ without ~
▪
The crowd dispersed without ~.
▪ ~ about
▪
a ~ about the new bypass
▪ ~ against
▪
There had been a number of public ~s against the new tax.
▪ ~ over
▪
a student ~ over tuition fees
PHRASES
▪ a chorus of ~ , a cry of ~ , a howl of ~
▪
The announcement brought cries of ~ from the crowd.
▪ a letter of ~
▪ in ~ at ( esp. BrE ), in ~ of ( AmE )
▪
The party boycotted the election in ~ at alleged vote rigging.
▪
Winters quit the company board in ~ of Eisner's plans.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ strongly , vehemently , vigorously
▪ formally
▪ publicly
▪ loudly
▪ mildly
▪ weakly
▪ peacefully
▪
the right to ~ peacefully
▪ angrily , bitterly , indignantly
VERB + PROTEST
▪ begin to , try to
▪
When he tried to ~, she insisted.
▪ gather to
▪
Crowds gathered to ~ about the police violence.
PREPOSITION
▪ about , over
▪
Many people ~ed over the tax increase.
▪ against
▪
They were ~ing against the proposed agreement.
▪ at
▪
Many people have ~ed at the cuts in state benefits.
▪ to
▪
We have ~ed to the government.
PHRASES
▪ the freedom to ~ , the right to ~
▪
They were exercising their lawful right to ~.
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