protest against

protest against
index counter, counteract, decry, denounce (condemn), inveigh, reproach

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  • protest against — phr verb Protest against is used with these nouns as the object: ↑decision, ↑injustice …   Collocations dictionary

  • protest against a ruling — index exception (objection) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • I protest against the doctrine of half mesures, and forbearance in war; for where vigour has a tende… — I protest against the doctrine of half mesures, and forbearance in war; for where vigour has a tendency to decide the contest hesitation is cruelty. См. Полумеры вообще ни к чему не ведут …   Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)

  • Protest — Pro*test , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Protested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Protesting}.] [F. protester, L. protestari, pro before + testari to be a witness, testis a witness. See {Testify}.] 1. To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • act of protest against — demonstration against, protest to oppose …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Protest song — A protest song is a song which is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or songs connected to current events). It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre. Among social… …   Wikipedia

  • protest — Instructions given to a collecting bank that drafts falling due for payment are to be formally presented to the drawee by a notary, who is to formally record any default. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. protest pro‧test 2 [prəˈtest]… …   Financial and business terms

  • protest — I n. complaint dissent 1) to enter, file, lodge, register a protest 2) to express, voice a protest 3) to cause, draw, spark (AE), spark off (BE), trigger a protest 4) to dismiss, reject a protest 5) a strong, vigorous; weak protest (we lodged a… …   Combinatory dictionary

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

  • protest — I UK [ˈprəʊtest] / US [ˈproʊˌtest] noun Word forms protest : singular protest plural protests *** 1) [countable/uncountable] a strong complaint or disagreement protest at/against: The organization has made a formal protest against the nuclear… …   English dictionary

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