Counter and Protest

Counter

Counter verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.

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Protest and counter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Protest" instead a verb "Counter".

Protest verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

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Counter and protest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Counter" instead a verb "Protest".

similar	similar counter	similar protest
specific	specific counter	specific protest
direct	direct counter	direct protest
single	single counter	single protest
Other adjectives: successful, great, little, final, occasional.

One to change the lightbulb, forty to protest on behalf the lightbulb's right not to be changed, and thirty to hold a counter-protest.

Source: Useful Notes / Glasgow
Sam Manson from Danny Phantom, pictured above, is an example of the angry Goth; she once put up an entire protest in a single night to counter her best friend's views (though he did the same).

Source: Soap Box Sadie
In protest, he transferred to the Green Berets and, later, launched a wildly successful counter-insurgency op without letting his superiors in on his plans.

Source: Film / Apocalypse Now

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