revolt
Noun
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Organized opposition to authority;
A conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another (synset 100964240)is a type of: battle, conflict, struggle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)subtypes:- insurgence, insurgency - an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
- intifada, intifadah - an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000
- mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
specific instances:- great revolt, peasant's revolt - a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II
- indian mutiny, sepoy mutiny - discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
Verb
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Make revolution (synset 202589865)
"The people revolted when bread prices tripled again"
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Fill with distaste (synset 202199359)
"This spoilt food disgusts me"
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Cause aversion in;
Offend the moral sense of (synset 201812341)"The pornographic pictures sickened us"subtypes: appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock - strike with disgust or revulsion
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