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rebel
adjective as in not obeying
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noun as in person who does not obey
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guerrilla, insurgent, opponent, rioter, secessionist, separatist
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agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter, dissenter, experimenter, heretic, iconoclast, independent, individualist, innovator, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, recreant, renegade, resistance, revolutionary, revolutionist, subverter, traitor, turncoat
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disectarian, experientialist, frondeur, insurrectionary, overthrower, revolter, schismatic, seditionist
verb as in refuse to obey
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boycott, censure, combat, criticize, denounce, disobey, dissent, fight, mutiny, oppose, overturn, remonstrate, riot, strike, upset
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be insubordinate, break with, come out against, drop out, get out of line, insurrect, make waves, opt out, rise up, rock the boat, run amok, turn against
Example Sentences
However, they are no replacement for conventional aircraft, especially in large rebel strongholds which are equipped with advanced air defence systems, according to news site The Irrawaddy.
Controllers are stressed out and rebelling during the shutdown because if it drags out they might not get paid, he said, adding that he is grateful for controllers who continue to serve.
Tuareg rebels, who sometimes fight alongside Islamist militants, destroyed half of the 40 armored vehicles in the convoy and killed dozens of fighters, according to European officials.
The conviction relates to a Darfur investigation that the court opened years ago when fighting arose between rebels in the breakaway region of Sudan and armed forces allied with the Sudanese government.
Both rebels and the military are regularly accused of crimes against civilians.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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