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uprising
The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
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  1. The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
  2. A popular revolt against a government or its policies; a rebellion.
  3. The action of rising up; specif., an outbreak against a government; revolt
mutiny
Revolt against and, often, forcible resistance to constituted authority; esp., rebellion of soldiers or sailors against their officers
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  1. Revolt against and, often, forcible resistance to constituted authority; esp., rebellion of soldiers or sailors against their officers
  2. Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.
sedition
Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
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  1. Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
  2. The stirring up of discontent, resistance, or rebellion against the government in power
  3. (Archaic) Insurrection; rebellion.
mutiny
To participate in a mutiny; revolt against constituted authority
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  1. To participate in a mutiny; revolt against constituted authority
  2. To engage in mutiny.
rise-up
To rise to the surface
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  1. To rise to the surface
  2. To rebel
  3. (Of a horse etc) To rear
resist
To take action to defeat or thwart (an invading or occupying military force).
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  1. To take action to defeat or thwart (an invading or occupying military force).
  2. To oppose actively; fight, argue, or work against
  3. To withstand; oppose; fend off; stand firm against; withstand the action of
sicken
To make or become sick, ill, disgusted, distressed, etc.
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  1. To make or become sick, ill, disgusted, distressed, etc.
offend
To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in:
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  1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in:
  2. To create resentment, anger, or displeasure; give offense
  3. To hurt the feelings of; cause to feel resentful, angry, or displeased; insult
nauseate
To cause nausea in.
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  1. To cause nausea in.
  2. To cause to feel nausea; make sick
  3. To feel nausea; become sick
mutiny
To participate in a mutiny; revolt against constituted authority
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  1. To participate in a mutiny; revolt against constituted authority
  2. To engage in mutiny.
rebel
To be a rebel against the established government of one's country
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  1. To be a rebel against the established government of one's country
  2. To resist authority or convention
  3. To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
rise
To cause to rise, as birds from cover or a fish to the surface of the water
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  1. To cause to rise, as birds from cover or a fish to the surface of the water
  2. To puff up or become larger; swell up:
  3. To cause to rise:
disgust
To offend the taste or moral sense of; repel.
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  1. To offend the taste or moral sense of; repel.
  2. To cause to feel disgust; be sickening, repulsive, or very distasteful to
  3. To arouse disgust
nauseate
To cause to feel nausea; make sick
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  1. To cause to feel nausea; make sick
  2. (Intransitive) To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
  3. To disgust.
repel
To cause (insects, etc.) to react by staying away
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  1. To cause (insects, etc.) to react by staying away
  2. To be resistant to, or present an opposing force to
  3. To drive or force back; hold or ward off
sicken
To make or become sick, ill, disgusted, distressed, etc.
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  1. To make or become sick, ill, disgusted, distressed, etc.
insurgence
The action or an instance of rebellion; an insurrection.
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  1. The action or an instance of rebellion; an insurrection.
  2. A rising in revolt; uprising; insurrection
  3. An uprising or rebellion; an insurrection
insurgency
The quality, state, or fact of being insurgent
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  1. The quality, state, or fact of being insurgent
  2. Rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
  3. An instance of rebellion; an insurgence.
insurrection
The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.
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  1. The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.
  2. A rising up against established authority; rebellion; revolt
mutiny
Revolt against and, often, forcible resistance to constituted authority; esp., rebellion of soldiers or sailors against their officers
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  1. Revolt against and, often, forcible resistance to constituted authority; esp., rebellion of soldiers or sailors against their officers
  2. Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.
rebellion
Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.
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  1. Open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government.
  2. Defiance toward an authority or established convention:
  3. (Countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
revolution
Overthrow of a government, form of government, or social system by those governed and usually by forceful means, with another government or system taking its place
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  1. Overthrow of a government, form of government, or social system by those governed and usually by forceful means, with another government or system taking its place
  2. Orbital motion about a point, especially as distinguished from axial rotation:
  3. A sudden or momentous change in a situation:
sedition
Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
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  1. Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.
  2. The stirring up of discontent, resistance, or rebellion against the government in power
  3. (Archaic) Insurrection; rebellion.
uprising
The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
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  1. The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
  2. A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
  3. The action of rising up; specif., an outbreak against a government; revolt
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Sentence Examples

  • He was suspected of bringing about a revolt in Scotland.

  • Mahommed in fact represented a revolt against the anthropomorphism of commonplace Mahommedan orthodoxy, but he was a rigid predestinarian and a strict observer of the law.

  • Against the attendant abuses the Augustinian monk Martin Luther posted (31st October 1517) on the church door at Wittenberg his famous ninety-five theses, which were the signal for widespread revolt against the church.

  • All the land was lost in the next few years, partly by the revolt of the local farmers.

  • Hurriedly retreating to Senaf, hard pressed by the Italians, who shelled Senaf on the evening of the 15th of January, Mangashh was obliged to abandon his camp and provisions to Baratieri, who also secured a quantity of correspondence establishing the complicity of Menelek and Mangash in the revolt of Bath-Agos.

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