English > revolt: 4 senses > noun 1, actMeaning | organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another. |
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Synonyms | rebellion, insurrection, rising, uprising |
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Instances | Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny | discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858 |
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Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt | A widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people / people of England |
Narrower | insurgency, insurgence | An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict |
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intifada, intifadah | An uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 |
mutiny | open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) |
Broader | conflict, struggle, battle | An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) |
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Spanish | alzamiento, insurgencia, insurrección, levantamiento, rebelión, revuelta, solevamiento, sublevación, sublevamiento |
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Catalan | aixecament, alçament, insurrecció, rebel·lió, revolta, sollevament |
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Verbs | revolt | make revolution |
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