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revolt

noun as in uprising

verb as in disgust, nauseate

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He also served as a lieutenant in the Gurkha Rifles, fighting in the Malayan Emergency, a communist-inspired revolt against the British colonial authorities.

From BBC

Early Wednesday, morning cable TV shows and social media offered dueling interpretations of Trump’s victory: Liberals argued the American people had delivered a death blow to democracy while conservatives celebrated Trump’s victory as the people’s revolt against technocratic elites.

What did we do in 1939, when the Nazis came to Madison Square Garden, the same year that the Arab Revolt against British colonialism in Palestine ended?

From Slate

In recent years, she served as an executive producer on TV series including “Helix,” “Hot in Cleveland,” “Good Girls Revolt” and “The Hot Zone.”

She quit as party leader three years ago after an internal revolt.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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