uprising

uprising
noun
ADJECTIVE
failed

the failed uprising of 1830

mass, national, popular
massive
bloody, violent
armed
revolutionary
military
peasant, slave, student
prison
spontaneous
VERB + UPRISING
provoke, spark, spark off
stage
lead

an uprising led by a rebel cleric

crush, put down, quell, suppress
PREPOSITION
during the uprising, in the uprising

He was killed in the Soweto uprising.

uprising against

the 1951 uprising against colonial rule


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