uprising

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The targets of the uprising were the Belgian officers and the roughly 100,000 Europeans remaining in the Congo.

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  1. noun A sometimes limited popular revolt against a constituted government or its policies; a rebellion.
  2. noun The act or an instance of rising or rising up.

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  • The revolutionaries were gradually filtering into Urbs, and the day of the uprising was at hand. —  Startling Stories January, 1939
  • The Eureka uprising was an 1800's rebellion against authoritarianism on the Australian gold fields. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • With more than 2,000 dead, the 44-day civil war resulting from this uprising was the bloodiest event in 20th-century Costa Rican history, but the victorious junta drafted a constitution guaranteeing free elections with universal suffrage and the abolition of the military.
  • It seems that there may be a groundswell building in Northern Ontario and the target of the uprising is the Ministry of Natural Resources. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • '' December uprising '', the riots and the rebellious moments in the streets, must be taken as a powerful moment in itself, but should also be measured against real social change … In other words, as the German comrades say: "Aufstand ist unser Argument", the uprising is an argument in itself. —  de.indymedia.org newswire
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insurrection ·  rebellion ·  upheaval ·  unrest ·  revolution ·  outbreak ·  riot ·  massacre ·  anarchy ·  invasion ·  catastrophe ·  disturbance

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uprising:   uprisings
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  1. from Middle English uprisinge, oprisinge (= Middle Low German oprīsinge); verbal noun of uprise, v.
 

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