uprising
IPA: ʌprˈaɪzɪŋ
noun
- A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
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Examples of "uprising" in Sentences
- The red points show the range of the uprising.
- The Pakistani military tried to quell the uprising.
- This was the last provocation and the uprising began.
- He fought in The Deluge and the Chmielnicki Uprising.
- Delphine learns of the uprising and recalls the units.
- The beginning of the uprising is not unimportant at all.
- This was the beginning of the uprising of the Polytechnic.
- After the collapse of the uprising, he emigrated to France.
- Emigration had started by the time of the uprisings in 1848.
- In 1924, the Budjak was the scene of the Tatarbunary Uprising.