Thesaurus / rebellion
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
The administration’s obsession with standardized tests led to a rebellion by parents, students, teachers, principals and even superintendents who spoke out against the policies.
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Some of them were seeking a life free of prosecution, though many in the US viewed this repatriation as a pragmatic way to avoid slave rebellions, which is a less rosy motivation.
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He fostered curiosity and instilled an underlying sense of rebellion.
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In late August, an anonymous developer sporting a cartoon panda chef avatar led a crypto rebellion.
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According to some scholars, the settlement stemmed from the rebellion and regrouping of people who fled the collapse of large, urban areas in the southern Levant, modern-day Israel and Palestine.
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Thus stimulated, the increasing disaffection culminated in the rebellion of 1798, which was sternly and cruelly repressed.
On the breaking out of the rebellion, he entered with all his native enthusiasm into the home duties of the war.
CLEVELAND PAST AND PRESENTMAURICE JOBLIN
"Well, leave everything as it is," I commanded, despite the rebellion in Nixon's eye.
THE MAYOR'S WIFEANNA KATHERINE GREEN
Grave and frigid, but inwardly warmhearted and passionate, O'Brien had little aptitude for rebellion.
THE GLORIES OF IRELANDEDITED BY JOSEPH DUNN AND P.J. LENNOX
The sign had been taken down when the Jacobite army penetrated into England in the Rebellion of 1745.
WORDS RELATED TO REBELLION
- affront
- audacity
- back talk
- big talk
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- command
- confrontation
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- defy
- despite
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- gas
- guts
- hot air
- impudence
- impugnment
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractableness
- lip
- muster
- opposition
- order
- perversity
- provocation
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrancy
- revolt
- sass
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- unruliness
- affront
- audacity
- back talk
- big talk
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- command
- confrontation
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- defy
- despite
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- gas
- guts
- hot air
- impudence
- impugnment
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intractableness
- lip
- muster
- opposition
- order
- perversity
- provocation
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- revolt
- sass
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- unruliness
- anarchy
- bloodshed
- cabal
- coup
- crime
- debacle
- destruction
- disorder
- foment
- golpe
- guerrilla activity
- innovation
- insubordination
- insurgency
- metamorphosis
- mutiny
- outbreak
- overthrow
- overturn
- plot
- radical change
- rebellion
- reformation
- reversal
- revolt
- rising
- row
- shake-up
- shift
- strife
- strike
- subversion
- transformation
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- turnover
- underground activity
- unrest
- upheaval
- uprising
- uproar
- upset
- violence
- agitation
- anarchism
- anarchy
- brawl
- bustle
- chaos
- clamor
- clutter
- complication
- confusedness
- confusion
- convulsion
- derangement
- disarrangement
- disarray
- discombobulation
- discord
- disorderedness
- disorderliness
- disorganization
- distemper
- disturbance
- dither
- entanglement
- fight
- flap
- fracas
- fuss
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- imbroglio
- insurrection
- jumble
- lawlessness
- mayhem
- mess
- misrule
- mix-up
- mob rule
- muddle
- muss
- quarrel
- rebellion
- reign of terror
- revolution
- riot
- ruckus
- rumpus
- scramble
- static
- strike
- terrorism
- tizzy
- trouble
- tumble
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- unrest
- unruliness
- uproar
- altercation
- anarchy
- annoyance
- anxiety
- bickering
- bother
- chagrin
- change
- confusion
- contention
- controversy
- crisis
- debate
- disaffection
- discontent
- discord
- disease
- disquiet
- dissatisfaction
- dissension
- distress
- dither
- ennui
- grief
- insurrection
- irritation
- malaise
- moodiness
- mortification
- perplexity
- perturbation
- protest
- quarrel
- rebellion
- restlessness
- sedition
- sorrow
- strife
- tension
- tizzy
- trouble
- tumult
- turmoil
- unease
- uneasiness
- uproar
- upset
- vexation
- worry
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