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Synonyms for unrest

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Synonyms for unrest

a state of uneasiness and usually resentment brewing to an eventual explosion

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Synonyms for unrest

a state of agitation or turbulent change or development

a feeling of restless agitation

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In a statement issued today, the airlines said that the decision came following current political unrest, that has left at least 13 protesters dead.
A surge in the number of students in secondary schools due to the 100 per cent transition enrolment poses a likelihood of unrest.
Marawi City in Mindanao due to terrorism and civil unrest.
On one hand Government of India (GoI) boasts that it held Urban Local Bodies and Panchayat elections in the state, but the fact is that the by-election to Parliament constituency of south Kashmir could not be held in two and half years due to the unrest,' Tarigami added.
Global insurance broker Marsh, a unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC, has said that it has launched a new social unrest policy.
In an interview, Parlade said that aside from Oplan Aklasan, the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA), are also planning to conduct what he calls Daluyong Manggagawa where peasants and workers will take part in social unrest.
figure By IBRAHIM ORUKO class="MsoNormalThe total value of property destroyed during the wave of unrest in public secondary schools last term stands at S8,308,720, the government has said.
A federal judge has preserved Maryland Riot Act claims against Baltimore's mayor and city council in a lawsuit brought by businesses damaged during the 2015 unrest following the death of Freddie Gray.
Government is attempting to gain political mileage through the restriction of the use of Facebook over the recent unrest in the Kandy District, Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila said.
A new batch of Yemenis wounded in the civil unrest has been brought for treatment in Oman.
TUNIS:More than 200 people were arrested and dozens hurt during clashes in several parts of Tunisia, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, after the second night of unrest driven by anger over austerity measures.Ministry spokesperson Khalifa Chibani told local radio that 49 police officers were wounded during clashes across the country and that 206 "troublemakers" were arrested.
The former president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested for inciting unrest against the government, media reports say.
London -- Former president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested for inciting unrest against the government.
The former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reported to have been arrested for inciting unrest. (AP) TEHRAN: The former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reported to have been arrested by authorities for allegedly inciting unrest against the regime, Al Arabiya reported, who were quoting earlier media reports with "reliable sources in Tehran." The Iranian regime has reportedly arrested Ahmadinejad in Shiraz city for inciting unrest during the recent protests in the country and encouraging more demonstrations following statements he made earlier in Bushehr.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday the country's people and security forces had defeated unrest fomented by foreign enemies — including the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia — and opposition groups, according to a statement on its Sepahnews website.