rebellion
IPA: rɪbˈɛɫjʌn
noun
- (uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
- (countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
- (countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
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Examples of "rebellion" in Sentences
- Who is the leader of the rebellion
- The rebellion and the invassion failed.
- Since when did they plan the rebellion
- Rebellion is the second type of sedition.
- Sly and crafty Khetia leads the rebellion.
- This was the last rebellion on the part of the natives.
- The civilian rebellion was more multifarious in origin.
- He is the leader of the underground homosexual rebellion.
- He was arrested and charged with complicity in the rebellion.
- The rising was the most significant event since the rebellion of 1798.
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