mutiny
IPA: mjˈutʌni
noun
- An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
- Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
verb
- (intransitive) To commit a mutiny.
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Examples of "mutiny" in Sentences
- Take the Mutiny as the datum line.
- He was acquitted of the charge of mutiny.
- The exhausted troops mutiny against the Emperor.
- The chronometer attained fame because of the mutiny.
- This was the only mutiny in the history of the country.
- This was essentially the impasse which led to the mutiny.
- French troops stationed in the country quelled the mutiny.
- The immediate issues of the mutiny were conditions and food.
- The leader of the mutiny was executed and the rest imprisoned.
- The chronometer attained fame because of the mutiny on the Bounty.