protest

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The trigger for the protest is the EU agreement on the number of cod that they are allowed to catch.

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  1. transitive verb To object to, especially in a formal statement. See Synonyms at object.
  2. transitive verb To promise or affirm with earnest solemnity: "He continually protested his profound respect” (Frank Norris).
  3. transitive verb Law To declare (a bill) dishonored or refused.
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  • The trigger for the protest is the EU agreement on the number of cod that they are allowed to catch. —  BBC Blog Network
  • Now, being aware that these intense emotions lie just under the surface of a protest is a must for organizers of such things. —  The Reality Check
  • The basic point of the protest is the current taxation system. —  The News-Gazette Local Stories
  • He said the protest was already over, and Anello's wife was using a porta-potty when a Humvee full of police in riot gear arrived. —  The Drunkablog
  • In our understanding, from what they have said to us, their protest was actually not about the wellness campaign at all, their protest was about 50\% subsidy on annual leave that they had to take last year. —  Mail & Guardian Online
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  1. Middle English protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī : prō-, forth; see pro-1 + testārī, to testify (from testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from P. protester = Spanish Portuguese protestor = Italian protestare, from Latin protestari, protestare, declare in public, bear witness, from pro, before, forth, + testari, bear witness, from testis, a witness, one who attests: see test.
  2. from Middle English protest (= D. G. Swedish Danish protest), from Old French protest (French protêt), masculine, proteste, feminine, = Spanish protesto, masculine, protesta, feminine, = Portuguese Italian protesto, masculine (Middle Latin protestum, neuter), a protest (mostly in the commercial sense); from the verb.
 

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