Converse of object

• quell: The invasion was a blatant attempt to use the flag waving patriotism of war to quell unrest in the working classes.

• foment: January onwards The Fakir of Ipi makes repeated attempts to foment unrest against British colonial rule in India's North-West Frontier Province.

• provoke: Depression in the silk trade could provoke widespread unrest.

• grow: There also seems to be growing unrest among the players themselves.

• trigger: The inability of contractors to make prompt payments could trigger labor unrest on construction sites.

Preposition: in

• country: It charts 111 separate incidents of civil unrest in 25 countries involving millions of people.

• region: MANAGEMENT CONSTRAINTS In 1991, the Park was abandoned by staff due to civil unrest in the region.

• city: A careful eye was kept on the supply of this key commodity to prevent unrest in the city in medieval times.

Adjective modifier

• civil: Removed from the boosting quality levels civil unrest resulted cents per gallon.

• agrarian: This was the cause of the agrarian unrest among the rural population.

• widespread: The early years of his reign were not quiet ones; indeed, there was widespread unrest.

• industrial: For months there has been serious industrial unrest in the Post Office.

• civic: The problem you'll have here is cutting one area or another too much could lead to marches, riots and general civic unrest.

• political: The political unrest in Italy is growing by the day.

Modifies a noun

• area: During 1990 the declaration of unrest areas replaced the state of emergency as the formal emergency regime.

Noun used with modifier

• peasant: In the following year new waves of peasant unrest broke out together with new strike waves.

• labor: Between 1968 and 1974 there was a rising arc of labor unrest.

• student: He was, however, expelled following student unrest in 1979.