Synonyms for direct action
di·rect ac·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. direct actionnoun

   a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands

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1. • Protest

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1. Cody Wilson:

   This is a direct action on behalf of the President Obama administration to control public speech about guns on the Internet.

2. Thomas Gokey:

   No big change like this ever happens without mass mobilization ; without ordinary people getting organized to take direct action and engage in civil disobedience.

3. Extinction Rebellion:

   On June 18, we plan to carry out nonviolent direct action to ensure Heathrow Authorities close the airport for the day, to create a 'pause' in recognition of the genocidal impact of high carbon activities, such as flying, upon the natural world, this is not about targeting the public, but holding the Government to their duty to take leadership on the climate and ecological emergency.

4. Wayne Black:

   I've never heard of anything so crazy, i mean, the concept in a post-9/11 world of having sworn law enforcement officers unarmed at an airport, not being able to take direct action -- I don't know what they are thinking.

5. Tom Holt:

   To the extent that you can’t deter through direct action, you can get some of these facilitators on notice.