as in revolt
open fighting against authority (as one's own government)
the famous insurrection of the slaves in ancient Rome under Spartacus
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Recent Examples of insurrection
Yoon’s insurrection trial is expected to take months.
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Mike Valerio, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
Biden ended Trump’s intelligence briefings after Trump helped spur efforts to remain in power despite his loss in the 2020 presidential election, including his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, for which he was impeached on a charge of inciting an insurrection.
—Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Prosecutors have separately indicted Yoon on charges of leading an insurrection.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025
Far-right extremist groups have been cowed in the last four years by the fallout and prosecutions from the Jan. 6 insurrection, said Katherine Keneally, head of threat analysis and prevention at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Mike Valerio, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
Biden ended Trump’s intelligence briefings after Trump helped spur efforts to remain in power despite his loss in the 2020 presidential election, including his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, for which he was impeached on a charge of inciting an insurrection.
—Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Prosecutors have separately indicted Yoon on charges of leading an insurrection.
—Reuters, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025
Far-right extremist groups have been cowed in the last four years by the fallout and prosecutions from the Jan. 6 insurrection, said Katherine Keneally, head of threat analysis and prevention at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurrection
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Go deeper: Mike Johnson struggles to contain a GOP budget revolt Editor's note: This is a developing story.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Ray, although in his forties, was at one with youth in revolt.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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Early in the uprising, Masri's home in Homs was known a safe haven.—
Jawad Rizkallah,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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Most of them were imprisoned during the first and second intifadas, uprisings by Palestinians against Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America’s Old West, and as a tool of terror and political repression in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.—
Jeffrey Collins,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Business leaders face challenges, including the frantic need for speedy decision-making, unexpected market shifts, geopolitical volatility, internal mutinies, power plays and harrowing decisions that can hurt the livelihood of their teams by cutting jobs.—
Carlo Tortora Brayda,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Or just a brilliant disguise?’ - from Brilliant Disguise Rock 'n' roll has always embodied rebellion and dissent.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Set in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus was raised, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air ritual of remembrance and rebellion.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Insurrection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurrection. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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