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revolution
noun as in drastic action or change, often in politics
Strongest matches
coup, innovation, insurgency, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, shift, strike, transformation, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, uprising, violence
Strong matches
anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, insubordination, metamorphosis, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, reformation, reversal, rising, row, shake-up, strife, subversion, tumult, turbulence, turnover, uproar, upset
Weak matches
coup d'état, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, radical change, underground activity
Example Sentences
As directed by Mr. Burns and frequent collaborators Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, “The American Revolution” is also less a celebration of a revolution than a redress of grievances.
Still, I missed the truly misanthropic lead of King’s novella, a sour bigot radicalized to see himself not just as a cog in a machine but as a spoke in a revolution.
Once viewed as a wunderkind from the beginning of baseball’s data revolution—he was the loose basis of Jonah Hill’s character in the “Moneyball” movie—DePodesta abandoned the sport nearly a decade ago.
“It’s a war of big ideas. It’s a revolution, it’s a world war and it’s a brutal, ugly, vicious, 18th century war.”
While Brussels has praised progress made since the 2014 revolution, its latest monitoring report said: "The integrity, meritocracy and capacities of the judiciary and prosecutorial service... remain weak."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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