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rebellion
re‧bel‧lion/rɪˈbeljən/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE] 1. an organized attempt to change the government or leader of a country, using violence ⇨ coup, revolution: ▪ an armed rebellion rebellion against ▪ a rebellion against the military regime in rebellion ▪ The Bretons rose in rebellion against the King. suppress/crush a rebellion (=use violence to stop it)
2. when someone opposes or fights against people in authority or ideas which they do not agree with: ▪ a rebellion by right-wing members of the party rebellion against ▪ rebellion against traditional values • • • COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES/NOUN + rebellion ▪armed rebellion ▪ This injustice has produced armed rebellion. ▪open rebellion (=rebellion that is clear and not hidden) ▪ Algiers was in open rebellion. ▪a military rebellion/an army rebellion ▪ Marlborough considered leading a military rebellion against the new king. verbs ▪a rebellion breaks out (=starts) ▪ While he was away, a rebellion broke out in Aquitaine. ▪people rise in rebellion (=start rebelling) ▪ The peasants rose in rebellion. ▪lead a rebellion ▪ He led a peasant rebellion against Catherine the Great. ▪suppress/crush/put down a rebellion (=end it by force) ▪ Troops moved in to suppress the rebellion. ▪stage a rebellion (=organize it) ▪ Farmers who opposed the tax staged a rebellion that forced Washington to back down. • • • THESAURUS ▪revolt/rebellion/uprising an attempt by a large group of people at revolution : ▪ a popular uprising (=involving ordinary people, not the army) ▪coup /kuː/ an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers, suddenly take control of a country : ▪ a military coup
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lead a revolt/rebellion/coup etc ▪ The rebellion was led by the King’s brother. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE armed ▪ Martin Spegelj on a charge of armed rebellion. jacobite ▪ On 3 October 1745 Drummond was forced to suspend payments - allegedly because he supported the Jacobite rebellion. military ▪ The rally was held as the government managed to contain a week-long military rebellion that came dangerously close to succeeding. NOUN peasant ▪ Mindful, perhaps, of the events of 1801 and 1825, he feared aristocratic recalcitrance more than a peasant rebellion. ▪ One of those writs last used in peasant rebellions in the 1400s. ▪ His master explanatory variable is market capitalism and his dependent variable is peasant rebellion. VERB crush ▪ The last important resistance to modernization was crushed in the Satsuma rebellion of 1877. ▪ In the summer he crushed Geoffrey's rebellion and compelled him to renounce his claim. ▪ But instead helping to crush the rebellion, the teachers grinned, shrugged and told the stewards to relax. fail ▪ After failing in a rebellion in the hill country, they settled at Delphoi, where they had old family friendships. lead ▪ He led a rebellion by poorly organized indigenous people that lasted 10 days and resulted in at least 140 deaths. put ▪ My father's father, a soldier in the Black Watch, had helped put down a rebellion one Easter in Dublin. rise ▪ They were at once joined by the Bretons rising in rebellion against the King who had done much to limit their independence. suppress ▪ State military volunteers, with the aid of federal troops, moved in to suppress the rebellion. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES crush a rebellion/uprising/revolt etc put down a revolution/revolt/rebellion etc ▪ My father's father, a soldier in the Black Watch, had helped put down a rebellion one Easter in Dublin. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ A rebel army of political dissidents had staged a rebellion in December 1989. ▪ an armed rebellion against the government ▪ an unsuccessful attempt to mount a rebellion against British rule ▪ Government officials feared a rebellion by right-wing members of the party. ▪ In 1968, a student rebellion in Paris sparked off a nationwide general strike. ▪ The rebellion spread quickly through the Western Provinces. ▪ The rebellion started in Kilalla and spread quickly through the Western provinces. ▪ The rebellion was crushed by an army assault in which over 200 people died. ▪ The army was brought in to crush the rebellion. ▪ The citizens of Kwangju rose in rebellion against the oppressive regime. ▪ The Duke of Ormond led a military rebellion against the new king. ▪ Threats of an armed rebellion caused tightened security measures across the country. ▪ Troops were used to put down a rebellion and arrest hundreds of protestors. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And though she recognized that some of it was rebellion at the hours of inactivity, she could not ignore her bladder. ▪ As it might be, the little kingdom which is Harry Kirkpatrick was subject to an insurrection, or rebellion. ▪ If the government would not prevent such acts of rebellion, then the loyalists would take action themselves. ▪ Marrying Changez would be, in her mind, a rebellion against rebellion, creative novelty itself. ▪ There had been no quietly sprouting seeds of rebellion at Por Tanssie; of that he was sure. ▪ Thus ideas and principles are taken over, redefined, and reapplied in order to structure and manage discontent and political rebellion. ▪ Turning rebellion into money, eh?
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