uprising
noun/ˈʌpraɪzɪŋ/
/ˈʌpraɪzɪŋ/
- uprising (against something) a situation in which a group of people join together in order to fight against the people who are in power synonym rebellion, revolt
- He led an armed uprising against the government.
- a popular uprising (= by the ordinary people of the country)
- to crush/suppress an uprising
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2, Politicsc2- He was killed in the Soweto uprising.
- an uprising led by a rebel cleric
- the 1951 uprising against colonial rule
- the failed uprising of 1830
- He used his troops to crush a popular uprising in the north.
- the 1956/Hungarian uprising
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- failed
- mass
- national
- …
- provoke
- spark
- spark off
- …
- during the uprising
- in the uprising
- uprising against
- …
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