Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A sometimes limited popular revolt against a constituted government or its policies; a rebellion.
- n. The act or an instance of rising or rising up.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of rising up, as from below the horizon, from a bed or seat, or from the grave.
- n. Ascent; acclivity; rising.
- n. A riot; an emeute; a rebellion; insurrection; popular revolt.
- n. The ceremonies connected with the recovery and reappearance in society of a lady of rank after the birth of a child. Compare lying-down.
Wiktionary
- n. a popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection
- v. present participle of uprise.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Act of rising; also, a steep place; an ascent.
- n. An insurrection; a popular revolt.
WordNet 3.0
- n. organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Examples
“Joe Cirincione (one of the best writers on proliferation issues) says the uprising is a "game changer" for how Iran may treat the nuclear weapons question in the years ahead.”
The Huffington Post: Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17)
“Now, the uprising is almost dead and if it fails, it would be Obama's Failure to use this situation to over throw the Iranian president.”
CNN Poll: Americans don't want to intervene in Iran election crisis
“Our failure to achieve our stated objective in the uprising is abject.”
“Mikhael, who writes for the daily An-Nahar, home to both Kassir and Tueni, and who heads the Maharat Foundation that hosted the IFEX conference, was referring to the uprising by Lebanese citizens in 2005 aimed at ending 30 years of Syrian tutelage.”
The Huffington Post: Magda Abu-Fadil: IFEX Conferees Told Media Freedom Must Be Preserved
“Five days later, the uprising is little more than a symbolic protest, crushed by the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps," she wrote.”
The Huffington Post: Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17)
“According to robots expert Dr Robert Richardson of Leeds University, the best way to survive a robot uprising is to confuse them.”
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“Excellently and poetically written, at the same time revealing the horrors of Mao's total infliction of inhumanity upon the Chinese people. the development of the Tiananmen square uprising is told through the remembrances of the narrator, as he is totally isolated by his injuries from the present.”
“Anti-Girondin uprising in Paris and purge of Girondins from”
“Although the possibility of a Chiapas-style uprising is slim in Huehuetla, the local authorities are on constant watch for actions that could be considered revolutionary.”
“The story of the doomed Warsaw uprising is just one of several one could recite.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘uprising’.
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SEDE - military operations
hit, Iran-Iraq War, prevention, increase of readi..., replacement of wa..., rise of readiness, stabilisation, build up, basic training, defence procurement, force modernisation, full mobilisation and 387 more...
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revelation
synonyms of revelation or even catalysts leading revelation (moments of clarity).. whatever they may be (preferably nouns)
also experiences that are possible paths to enlightenment (v...rebirth, awakening, catharsis, revival, renewal, dawning, spring, reunion, recollect, exodus, epiphany, prophecy and 48 more...
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fifi
verbs Adj Adv noun
indulge, convene, solve, dissolve, prospect, prospective, allege, resolve, accountable, administration, amid, agenda and 407 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o..., abject,utterly ho... and 2228 more...
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2008 Wordlist
Hopefully, I'll be using this site for more than one year. It will be fun then to look back and see what new words I found worthy of notice in any given year.
All words spotted in 2008...longanimity, permalancer, breeder, biodegradable, handicapable, gender-neutral, translator, interpreter, translation, interpreting, kleptocracy, fanfiction and 1598 more...
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Scenariot
Rebellious destruction, police and protestors, or just angry mobs.
bedlam, chaos, havoc, destruction, cataclysm, devastation, mayhem, plunder, ravage, wreckage, destroy, blitzkrieg and 112 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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