Protest and Uprising

Protest

Protest noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.

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Uprising and protest are semantically related in rebellion topic. In some cases you can use "Uprising" instead a noun "Protest".

Uprising noun - Open fighting against authority (as one's own government).

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Protest and uprising are semantically related in rebellion topic. Sometimes you can use "Protest" instead a noun "Uprising".

Nearby Word: uprise

mass	mass protest	mass uprising
initial	initial protest	initial uprising
popular	popular protest	popular uprising
actual	actual protest	actual uprising
Other adjectives: entire, successful, violent, massive, major, general, later, significant, sudden, terrorist, armed, mutant.

Heavy: Father was murdered trying to protest the Communist uprising.

Source: Disappeared Dad
Most of their 2009 album, The Resistance, is populated by protest songs, including "Uprising". Punctuated!

Source: Music / Muse
In classic Judge Dredd story Robot Wars there's an interesting case of Early Installment Weirdness where Judge Dredd quits his job as a Judge in protest against his superiors' refusal to pass stricter anti-robot laws to deal with the threat of a robot uprising.

Source: 10-Minute Retirement

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