revolt
noun/rɪˈvəʊlt/
/rɪˈvəʊlt/
[countable, uncountable]- a protest against authority, especially that of a government, often involving violence; the action of protesting against authority synonym uprising
- The Peasants Revolt of 1381 was the first popular uprising in England.
- to lead a revolt
- The army quickly crushed the revolt.
- The revolt was suppressed with total ruthlessness.
- the biggest back-bench revolt this government has ever seen
- Attempts to negotiate peace ended in armed revolt.
- in revolt (formal) The people rose in revolt.
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2, Politicsc2- Revolt broke out when the government decided to raise the price of bread.
- The Great Revolt of 1381 may have been caused by attempts to keep wages down.
- The party leadership is facing open revolt.
- The regime was finally overthrown by a popular revolt.
- There was a general revolt against the leadership at the party congress.
- There was a widespread revolt against the party leadership.
- a revolt by backbenchers
- a student-led revolt
- revolt within the party
- the farmers' revolt over imported meat
- the revolt against the new tax
- the revolt against the poll tax in Britain
- 27 members of the Bohemian nobility led the revolt against Ferdinand II.
- A shareholders' revolt against the chairman led to senior management changes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mass
- popular
- serious
- …
- cause
- provoke
- spark
- …
- break out
- spread
- overthrow somebody/something
- …
- in revolt
- revolt against
- revolt by
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French révolte (noun), révolter (verb), from Italian rivoltare, based on Latin revolvere ‘roll back’, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + volvere ‘roll’.
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