0 the use of strikes, violence, or protests as a way of trying to get what you want, instead of talking --
1 the use of actions such as strikes or protests as a way of trying to achieve political or other changes: --
It was this transition that led to a willingness on their part to reject direct action in favour of constitutional reform.
Expression of melatonin receptor protein in the photoreceptors suggests that melatonin may have a direct action on these cells.
Also, the front layers are directly heated to high temperatures by the direct action of the high intensity laser beam.
It is a strategy that he would effectively combine with direct action a decade later.
The 1867 campaign to abolish the "star cars" was a result of direct action mass protest.
If direct action was not taken, even more massive protest rallies would follow.
Social movements threaten direct action if they do not.
Rather, it is a mix of individual and collective direct action.
