political protest (verb)

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• protest — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ angry, strong, violent ▪ non violent, peaceful ▪ sit down (BrE) ▪ mass …   Collocations dictionary

• protest — 1. The noun is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, and the verb with the stress on the second syllable. 2. • Anatoly Koryagin, who has been imprisoned for protesting the use of psychiatry for political purposes New Yorker, 1987.… …   Modern English usage

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• rally — An upward price movement. See recovery. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary ( recovery) An upward movement of prices . Opposite of reaction. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary An upward movement of prices following a decline. The opposite of a… …   Financial and business terms

• vigil — noun 1 when you stay awake to care for sb, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ 24 hour, all night, constant, round the clock (BrE) ▪ Since the accident, the boy s parents have kept a constant vigil at his bedside. ▪ bedside (esp. BrE …   Collocations dictionary

• Picnic — In contemporary usage, picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors (al fresco or en plein air ), ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park, beside a lake or with an interesting view… …   Wikipedia

• blacklist — black|list1 [ blæk,lıst ] verb transitive often passive to keep a record of someone you do not approve of and prevent them from making progress in some way: Many actors were blacklisted for having left wing sympathies. a. to say that particular… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• black — I UK [blæk] / US adjective Word forms black : adjective black comparative blacker superlative blackest *** Words that avoid giving offence: black: Use the adjective black (sometimes spelt Black) to refer to people with dark skin whose families… …   English dictionary

• blacklist — I UK [ˈblækˌlɪst] / US verb [transitive, often passive] Word forms blacklist : present tense I/you/we/they blacklist he/she/it blacklists present participle blacklisting past tense blacklisted past participle blacklisted a) to keep a record of… …   English dictionary