revolt
Example Sentences
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It took the speeches and writings of prominent Americans, especially Thomas Paine, to convince Americans to revolt.
That October, militant abolitionist John Brown attempted to seize guns and start a revolt of enslaved people to destroy American slavery.
From Literature
When consumers revolted against excessive costs and volumes dipped, companies like PepsiCo and General Mills pivoted to aggressive promotions to regain market share.
The private investors revolted and shut down the merger—but the problems that set up the merger didn’t go away.
From Barron's
It was also a time when various European empires were reaching their peak yet faced republican or nationalistic revolts.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
