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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
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The men were hanged in a military court following a peaceful uprising by 300,000 Ogonis against Shell’s widespread pollution in Ogoniland.
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The Night Wolves played a role in the Ukrainian uprising, once had their flag flown in outer space by Russian cosmonauts and are under U.S. sanctions.
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The uprising sparked hopes of more rights for minorities in a country where homosexuality is illegal, and people started coming out about their sexual orientation, talking about gay rights and women's rights, Hassino said.
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After a more violent Palestinian uprising in 2000, Israel built the barrier, which channels all Palestinians entering Israel through heavily fortified crossings to keep out attackers.
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The review also confirmed that there are no surveillance cameras inside the building where the February uprising occurred.
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Two years after racial uprisings in Ferguson, Baltimore, and other cities helped cast a strobe light on the contemporary face of racial oppression in America, James offered the nation an eloquent reminder of how race continues to shape our lives.
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The nation with Africa’s biggest crude reserves pumped as much as 1.6 million barrels a day before an uprising in 2011, and it was exempted from OPEC’s cuts due to internal strife.
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And from a conservative perspective, popular libertarian uprisings should be preferable to the sort of statist populism so often celebrated on the left.
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First Known Use of uprising
13th century
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: a usually violent effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country
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