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revolt
noun as in uprising
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verb as in rebel, rise up against
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Other incidents, which police described as "revolting and appalling", involved liquid being thrown towards a school and over a car.
"It is particularly revolting to experience our family's tragedy being turned into entertainment for the masses and to know that people are using our family's trauma for their own personal gain."
Special Order 40 is still in effect 46 years later and has never faced a significant internal or external revolt.
We have not seen this type of autocratic behavior since a king ruled our country and colonists staged a revolt against high tea tariffs.
He was accused of crimes against humanity over the violent revolt that toppled Romania's communist regime in 1989, but always denied wrongdoing.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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