unrest (over) / agitation / turmoil
protest (ni)
a hotbed of protest
a hotbed of discontent
a spate of incidents
to riot / a riot / a rioter
a student revolt
a demonstration / a protest (against)
a protest rally
a protest march
a street demonstration
a protest demonstration
to call a demonstration
to stage / to hold a demonstration
to attend / to take part (in)
to take to the streets
to bring people out on the street
to parade / to march (through streets)
to adress / to speak at a rally
to join a demonstration
to put an end to a demonstration
to call off a demonstration
to break [broke / broken] up a demonstration
a demonstrator
to be plastered with posters
to bear placards
to deploy / to wave banners
to shout, to brandish / to chant slogans
to heckle / to barrack
to shut down universities
a rabble-rousing speech
a hooligan / a rowdy / a ruffian
ramping youths
a rioter / a smasher
to run amok (US) / amuck
a balaclava
a hood / hooded
armed with a crowbar
looting / plundering (ni)
to loot / a looter
to clash with the police
to stir violence
to spark / to provoke / to arouse
to trigger off / to set off / to touch off
to be rocked / shaken (by)
to inflict violence
to resort to / to turn to violence
to encourage / to incite (to)
to breed violence
to coutain violence
to quell / to crack down (on)
to be gripped by violence
to go on a rampage / to rampage
violence can break out
Violence can flare up
Violence can escalate
Violence can worsen
Violence can spread
Violence can get out of hand
an outbreak / an eruption of / an outburst of / a flare-up of violence
an epidemic of violence
a spike in the violence
a wave / an upsurge / a spate of violence
a demonstration can be large scale / massive
a demonstration can be major
can be mass
can be spontaneous
can be peaceful
can be violent
can be in support oof
can be in protest at / against
a flood / a storm / a tide / a wave protest
to organize / to stage a protest
to set off protests
to call nex protests
to wage a protest (against)
to be rocked by protests
to brace for more protests
to gather steam / to gain momentum
to crush / to quell a protest
to bow to protests
to be racked by strikes
to set up barricades
to overturn
to ignite / to torch / to set ablaze, alight
to burn [burned] down
to hurl / to throw firebombs / Molotov cocktails / missiles
to rain projectiles (on)
an explosive device
a pipe bomb
a paving stone
a hail of stones
to smash shop windows
to ransack
to take by storm / to mob
to damage
to wreak havoc / to lay waste (to)
to impose a curfew
to declare a state of emergency
to conduct house-to-house searches