revolt
IPA: rɪvˈoʊɫt
noun
- An act of revolting.
verb
- To rebel, particularly against authority.
- To repel greatly.
- To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
- (intransitive) To be disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; used with at.
- To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
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Examples of "revolt" in Sentences
- The revolt was ruthlessly suppressed.
- The Malian Army suppressed the revolt.
- The revolts first erupted in the cities.
- Afder was the starting point of the Bale revolt.
- The Americans moved quickly to quash the revolt.
- The decisive victory broke the back of the revolt.
- The remnants dispersed, and the the revolt was over.
- He was the prefect at the time of the Jewish Revolt.
- It is an anachronism for the time of the Jewish Revolt.
- For the remainder of 1929, the party prepared for the revolt.
- VA needs to send a message that the Indies are in revolt against Gleischaltung.
- Sportsmen in this state have been pushed to the limit, and a revolt is about to take place.
- III (213,7) [for the revolt of mine is dangerous] I suppose we may read, _the revolt_ of men.
- Every little while, however, one dog or another would flame up in revolt and be promptly subdued.
- Progressives are to be differentiated from the libertarian in revolt, which is the traditional, temporary leftist.
- How much more oppression will this country take before it does rise up in revolt as is our right under the Constitution?
- He had in his spirit the classical outline of music, with nothing directly revolutionary, no sign of what we call revolt other than the strict adherence to personal relationship, no other prejudice than the artist's reaction against all that is not really refined to art, with but one consuming ardor, and that to render with extreme tranquillity everything delicate and lovely in passing things.
- The president adds, that this revolt is the more inexcusable, as his administration has always been gentle and moderate; that he has economized the public treasure, respected the laws, and that citizens of whatever opinion had always enjoyed perfect tranquillity under his rule – that constitutional reforms were about being realized, as well as the hopes of forming by them a bond of union beween all Mexicans.
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