uprising

noun up·ris·ing \ ˈəp-ˌrī-ziŋ \

|Updated on: 15 Aug 2018

Definition of uprising

: an act or instance of rising up; especially : a usually localized act of popular violence in defiance usually of an established government

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Examples of uprising in a Sentence

The government quickly put down the uprising.
the uprising was quickly and brutally suppressed

Recent Examples of uprising from the Web

Myanmar had been ruled since 1962 by successive military regimes that drove the country into political isolation, crippled the economy, oppressed ethnic minorities, and repeatedly put down popular uprisings with deadly force.

— timothy mclaughlin, WIRED, "How Facebook’s Rise Fueled Chaos and Confusion in Myanmar," 6 July 2018
But so far there has been no employee uprising at Twitter, Trump’s favored social network, which has been central to viral progressive movements.

— recode staff, Recode, "Recode Daily: China says Trump’s U.S. is “opening fire on the entire world”," 5 July 2018
To quell that uprising, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Tuesday night that the chamber would vote on a GOP compromise immigration proposal as well as the Goodlatte bill.

— emily cadei, sacbee, "Trump administration pushes changes to farmworker visa," 15 June 2018
Keep reading to understand television’s newest feminist uprising.

— refinery29.com, "Everything We Know About Dietland's #MeToo Revenge Mystery," 5 June 2018
In the country’s two English-speaking regions a simmering uprising has been met by brutal repression.

— The Economist, "Repression is worsening in Cameroon amid an uprising over language," 31 May 2018
In February, President Lyndon Johnson’s Kerner Commission released a report on recent civil uprisings fueled, in part, by segregation and economic inequity.

— matthew glowicki, The Courier-Journal, "In Louisville's Parkland neighborhood, the scars of 1968 riots are still visible," 26 May 2018
The theory, from Reddit user BigbigPlibt, holds that Dolores has taken over Bernard's body as part of a plan to escape Westworld and begin her large-scale uprising.

— kayleigh roberts, Marie Claire, "The Best Fan Theories for 'Westworld' Season 2 Are All About Bernard," 24 Apr. 2018
Russia intervened in Syria in 2015 at Assad's request, helping him overcome a 2011 uprising sponsored by the West, Turkey and Gulf Arab states.

— tom o'connor, Newsweek, "Russia Says it Will Attack U.S. Military if Trump Strikes Syria Again," 13 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of uprising

13th century

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uprising Synonyms

Synonyms

insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, rebellion, revolt, revolution, rising;

Near Antonyms

counterinsurgency, counterrevolution;

sedition, treachery, treason;

subversion;

Synonym Discussion of uprising

rebellion, revolution, uprising, revolt, insurrection, mutiny mean an outbreak against authority. rebellion implies an open formidable resistance that is often unsuccessful.