Open
Protest
Protest verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Sylvester McCoy is quite open about how he and script editor Andrew Cartmel used Doctor Who to protest against Margaret Thatcher's government.
Source: Writer on Board -
Her quasi-nunlike apparel is also a form of protest against her son's open use of magic and his close relationships with other mages.
Source: Widow's Weeds -
If you select Mordin as the specialist to open the doors during the Suicide Mission in the second game, he'll protest that he's not that kind of scientist (in other words, not a computer expert).
Source: I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder
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Protest and Open. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/protest
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Protest or Open. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/protest.
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