mass protest

collocation in English

meaningsofmassandprotest

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mass
adjective[before noun]
uk
/mæs/us
/mæs/
having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a ...
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protest
noun
uk
/ˈprəʊ.test/us
/ˈproʊ.test/
a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, ...
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(Definition ofmassandprotestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The 1867 campaign to abolish the "star cars" was a result of direct actionmassprotest.
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Given their anxieties aboutmassprotest, it makes sense for them to be responsive to extreme views rather than the average ones.
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Yet their philosophical commitments seem to blind them to the calculation, strategy and disruptivemassprotestthat went into weakening the discourse and institutions of racism.
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In so doing, it side-stepped the outcome of this vote, which was the result of amassprotest.
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This was the firstmassprotestagainst the impact of austerity cuts to disabled people.
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But this increase was a function of the decline ofmassprotest, not of its extension.
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Behind closed doors and in pub back rooms, plans were drawn up for amassprotest.
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The strike was accompanied by scenes ofmassprotest.
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It ismassprotestoften involving a total shutdown of workplaces, offices, shops, courts of law as a form of civil disobedience.
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The project has caused themassprotestof townspeople.
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Globally,massprotestmovements have arisen in many countries as a response to the economic crisis.
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The project has causedmassprotestfrom the local community.
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The runners and controllers hired a hall, held amassprotestmeeting, and declared a strike of sorts.
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Massprotestarose from the attempt to implement recommendations of a position regrading study.
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The province was annulled in 1911 following a sustainedmassprotestcampaign.
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The crackdown on students violating the dress code is what led to a spontaneousmassprotest.
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Others advocate falling limp or resisting arrest, especially when it will hinder the police from effectively responding to amassprotest.
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It is a revolutionary instinct to urge young students to join amassprotest...
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This resulted in many students forming amassproteston the school tennis grounds.
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