civil unrest

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilandunrest

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civil
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪv.əl/us
/ˈsɪv.əl/
not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of ...
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unrest
noun[U]
uk
/ʌnˈrest/us
/ʌnˈrest/
disagreements or fighting between different groups ...
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(Definition ofcivilandunrestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Anxiety about social andcivilunrestare never far away in the promotion of the baths.
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Faced with growingcivilunrest, the military government acted quickly.
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In its initial use of regulations the unionist government drew most heavily on measures aimed at averting immediate violence andcivilunrest.
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It is also becoming widely recognized that poverty is a cause of environmental degradation, conflict andcivilunrest.
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Using military courts to crack down on the most serious crimes of violence produced dramatic results, especially in areas ofcivilunrest.
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As the country knows, we have been faced withcivilunrest.
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Those are areas in which there have recently been gravecivilunrestand civil disturbance.
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We are instituting visa regimes where there are problems because ofcivilunrest.
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That will cause greatcivilunrest.
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Unless we start to see some hope in the inner cities, we run the real risk ofcivilunrestthe like of which has never been seen.
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If people have a specific political doctrine, they are entitled to march provided they do not causecivilunrestor antagonise a particular section of the community.
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I believe that the housing situation is likely to lead tocivilunrestunless we do something quickly.
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I am a little anxious that the right lessons have been learned from thecivilunrestthat manifested itself this summer.
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I genuinely feel that there would be increased hostility to government and the police, increased non-co-operation,civilunrestand perhaps even civil disobedience.
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Such rootless people, desperate people, are easy prey to evil political manipulation, and that is why we see so much conflict andcivilunrestin those countries.
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That continent has had a confusing year, with moves towards greater democratisation in some countries and increases incivilunrestand curtailment of civil liberties in others.
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That eradication is of course to be welcomed, but it comes with the price of often heavy policing to ensure thatcivilunrestand disobedience are not allowed to occur.
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Across the globe there are over 40 million refugees, most of whom have fled war andcivilunrestin their own countries.
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